Who composed “Symphony No. 9 in D minor,” also known as the “Choral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
This American composer is known for his “Rhapsody in Blue” and “An American in Paris.
a) Aaron Copland
b) John Williams
c) George Gershwin
d) Leonard Bernstein
Answer: c) George Gershwin
Who composed “The Four Seasons,” a set of four violin concertos?
a) Antonio Vivaldi
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: a) Antonio Vivaldi
This American composer is known for his “Adagio for Strings” and opera “Vanessa.
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Samuel Barber
c) John Adams
d) Philip Glass
Answer: b) Samuel Barber
Who composed the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” and the requiem “Dies Irae”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This American composer is known for his “Appalachian Spring” and “Fanfare for the Common Man.
a) Aaron Copland
b) George Gershwin
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) John Williams
Answer: a) Aaron Copland
Who composed the “Brandenburg Concertos” and the “Well-Tempered Clavier”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Johann Sebastian Bach
This American composer is known for his “West Side Story” and “Candide.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: b) Leonard Bernstein
Who composed “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake,” two famous ballets?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
This American composer is known for his “Concerto for Clarinet” and “Lincoln Portrait.”
a) Samuel Barber
b) Aaron Copland
c) John Williams
d) Leonard Bernstein
Answer: a) Samuel Barber
Who composed “The Planets,” a seven-movement orchestral suite?
a) Gustav Holst
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Gustav Holst
This American composer is known for his film scores, including “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones.”
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Aaron Copland
c) John Williams
d) George Gershwin
Answer: c) John Williams
Who composed “Carmen,” a famous French opera?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Georges Bizet
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Georges Bizet
This American composer is known for his “Symphony No. 3” (the “Organ Symphony”).
a) Aaron Copland
b) Samuel Barber
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) John Adams
Answer: d) John Adams
Who composed “The Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring” ballets?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Igor Stravinsky
Answer: d) Igor Stravinsky
This American composer is known for his “Rodeo” and “Billy the Kid” ballets.
a) John Adams
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) Aaron Copland
Answer: d) Aaron Copland
Who composed “The Messiah,” a famous oratorio?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Georg Friedrich Handel
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Georg Friedrich Handel
This American composer is known for his “Concerto for Piano” and “Concerto for Orchestra.”
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Aaron Copland
c) John Adams
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: c) John Adams
Who composed “The Magic Flute” and “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This American composer is known for his “Appalachian Spring” and “Lincoln Portrait.”
a) Samuel Barber
b) Aaron Copland
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) John Williams
Answer: b) Aaron Copland
Who composed “Water Music” and “Music for the Royal Fireworks”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Georg Friedrich Handel
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Georg Friedrich Handel
This American composer is known for his “Fanfare for the Common Man” and “El Salon Mexico.”
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Aaron Copland
c) John Williams
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: b) Aaron Copland
Who composed “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto,” two famous Italian operas?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Giuseppe Verdi
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Giuseppe Verdi
This American composer is known for his “Symphony No. 2” (the “Resurrection Symphony”).
a) Aaron Copland
b) Samuel Barber
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) John Adams
Answer: c) Leonard Bernstein
Who composed “Symphony No. 5 in C minor” and “Symphony No. 6 in F major”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
This American composer is known for his “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” and “Piano Concerto No. 2.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) John Williams
Answer: c) George Gershwin
Who composed “The Planets” and “St. Paul’s Suite”?
a) Gustav Holst
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Gustav Holst
This American composer is known for his “Scheherazade” and “Capriccio Espagnol.”
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Aaron Copland
c) John Williams
d) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Answer: d) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Who composed “Cavalleria Rusticana,” a famous Italian opera?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Giuseppe Verdi
d) Pietro Mascagni
Answer: d) Pietro Mascagni
This American composer is known for his “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” and “Chichester Psalms.”
a) Samuel Barber
b) Aaron Copland
c) John Adams
d) Leonard Bernstein
Answer: d) Leonard Bernstein
Who composed “Pictures at an Exhibition” and “Night on Bald Mountain”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Modest Mussorgsky
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: c) Modest Mussorgsky
This American composer is known for his “Rite of Spring” and “The Firebird.”
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Aaron Copland
c) George Gershwin
d) Igor Stravinsky
Answer: d) Igor Stravinsky
Who composed “Symphony No. 41 in C major,” also known as the “Jupiter Symphony”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This American composer is known for his “Pulitzer Prize-winning Symphony No. 3.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Samuel Barber
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) John Adams
Answer: d) John Adams
Who composed “The Valkyrie,” part of the “Ring Cycle” of operas?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Richard Wagner
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Richard Wagner
This American composer is known for his “Symphony No. 2” and “Symphony No. 3.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: d) Samuel Barber
Who composed “Adagio in G minor,” a hauntingly beautiful piece for strings?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Tomaso Albinoni
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Tomaso Albinoni
This American composer is known for his “The Unanswered Question” and “A Symphony: New England Holidays.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Samuel Barber
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) Charles Ives
Answer: d) Charles Ives
Who composed “The Carnival of the Animals” and “Danse Macabre”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Camille Saint-Saëns
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: b) Camille Saint-Saëns
This American composer is known for his “Piano Concerto in G” and “Rhapsody in Blue.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) John Williams
Answer: c) George Gershwin
Who composed “Swan Lake” and “The Nutcracker,” two beloved ballets?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
This American composer is known for his “Concerto for Violin” and “Seranade for Strings.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: d) Samuel Barber
Who composed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Hebrides Overture”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Felix Mendelssohn
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Felix Mendelssohn
This American composer is known for his “The Chairman Dances” and “Nixon in China.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Samuel Barber
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) John Adams
Answer: d) John Adams
Who composed “Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major” and “Symphony No. 9 in E minor”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Antonin Dvorak
Answer: d) Antonin Dvorak
This American composer is known for his “Clarinet Concerto” and “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) John Adams
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: d) Samuel Barber
Who composed “Peer Gynt Suite” and “Piano Concerto in A minor”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Edvard Grieg
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: b) Edvard Grieg
This American composer is known for his “Concerto for Orchestra” and “Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Samuel Barber
c) Leonard Bernstein
d) Bela Bartok
Answer: d) Bela Bartok
Who composed “Symphony No. 6 in F major” (the “Pastoral Symphony”) and “Symphony No. 3 in C minor” (the “Organ Symphony”)?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
This American composer is known for his “Concerto for Violin” and “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.”
a) Aaron Copland
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) George Gershwin
d) Sergey Rachmaninoff
Answer: d) Sergey Rachmaninoff
