Australian Famous Classical Musicians MCQs with Answer
Which Australian composer is known for his “Southern Cross” Symphony?
a) Peter Sculthorpe
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Percy Grainger
d) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Answer: a) Peter Sculthorpe
Who is recognized for compositions like “The Protecting Veil” and “The Lamb”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Richard Meale
c) John Tavener
d) Nigel Westlake
Answer: c) John Tavener
Which Australian musician is renowned for his piano works like “Harold en Italie” and “Romeo and Juliet”?
a) Peter Sculthorpe
b) Percy Grainger
c) George Pikler
d) Percy Grainger
Answer: d) Percy Grainger
Who composed the opera “The Eighth Wonder” and the ballet “Wild Swans”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Richard Mills
c) Nigel Butterley
d) Elena Kats-Chernin
Answer: d) Elena Kats-Chernin
Which Australian composer wrote the opera “Voss,” based on Patrick White’s novel?
a) Richard Meale
b) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
c) Barry Conyngham
d) Richard Mills
Answer: c) Barry Conyngham
Who is known for the choral work “Ecstatic Rhapsody” and the opera “Batavia”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Ross Edwards
c) Richard Mills
d) Nigel Butterley
Answer: c) Richard Mills
Which Australian composer created the orchestral piece “Maninyas” for violin and orchestra?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Richard Meale
c) Nigel Westlake
d) Peter Sculthorpe
Answer: a) Ross Edwards
Who composed the acclaimed work “Rites of Passage” for orchestra?
a) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
b) George Pikler
c) Ross Edwards
d) Nigel Butterley
Answer: c) Ross Edwards
Which Australian musician wrote the ballet “Jabberwocky” and the opera “The Children’s Bach”?
a) Richard Mills
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Barry Conyngham
d) Richard Meale
Answer: b) Elena Kats-Chernin
Who composed “From Kakadu,” a piece for solo piano?
a) Nigel Butterley
b) Ross Edwards
c) Nigel Westlake
d) Richard Meale
Answer: b) Ross Edwards
Which Australian musician is known for the orchestral work “Earth Cry?
a) Richard Mills
b) George Pikler
c) Peter Sculthorpe
d) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Answer: c) Peter Sculthorpe
Who composed “Black River,” a concerto for guitar and orchestra?
a) Nigel Butterley
b) Richard Meale
c) Nigel Westlake
d) Ross Edwards
Answer: d) Ross Edwards
Which Australian composer is recognized for the opera “Fly Away Peter” and the choral piece “The Second Coming”?
a) Elena Kats-Chernin
b) Richard Mills
c) Richard Meale
d) Nigel Westlake
Answer: b) Richard Mills
Who composed “Oboe Concerto” and “Concerto for Orchestra”?
a) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
b) George Pikler
c) Nigel Butterley
d) Richard Meale
Answer: d) Richard Meale
Which Australian musician is known for the opera “Voyage to the Moon” and the ballet “Sun Music?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Ross Edwards
c) Barry Conyngham
d) Peter Sculthorpe
Answer: c) Barry Conyngham
Who composed “The Witching Hour,” a work for symphony orchestra?
a) George Pikler
b) Richard Mills
c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
d) Elena Kats-Chernin
Answer: d) Elena Kats-Chernin
Which Australian composer is recognized for the choral work “Island Songs”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Nigel Westlake
c) Peter Sculthorpe
d) Richard Meale
Answer: a) Ross Edwards
Who composed “No Man’s Land,” a ballet score?
a) Nigel Butterley
b) Richard Mills
c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
d) Barry Conyngham
Answer: b) Richard Mills
Which Australian musician wrote the opera “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”?
a) Peter Sculthorpe
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
d) Richard Meale
Answer: c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Who composed the orchestral piece “Spirit of the Wild”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Nigel Westlake
c) Richard Mills
d) Nigel Butterley
Answer: a) Ross Edwards
Which Australian composer is known for the opera “Towards Infinity”?
a) Barry Conyngham
b) Richard Mills
c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
d) Peter Sculthorpe
Answer: a) Barry Conyngham
Who composed “String Quartet No. 1” and “Piano Concerto”?
a) Elena Kats-Chernin
b) Nigel Butterley
c) Richard Meale
d) Nigel Westlake
Answer: b) Nigel Butterley
Which Australian musician is recognized for the opera “The Riders” and the orchestral work “The Promised Land”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Richard Mills
c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
d) Richard Meale
Answer: b) Richard Mills
Who composed “Piano Concerto No. 1” and “Guitar Concerto”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Peter Sculthorpe
d) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Answer: a) Nigel Westlake
Which Australian composer is known for the orchestral piece “Four Little Pieces”?
a) Richard Mills
b) George Pikler
c) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
d) Ross Edwards
Answer: d) Ross Edwards
Who composed “Guitar Concerto” and “Symphony No. 1”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Richard Meale
d) Peter Sculthorpe
Answer: d) Peter Sculthorpe
Which Australian musician is recognized for the opera “The Queen in Spain” and the ballet “The Rite of Spring”?
a) Richard Mills
b) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
c) George Pikler
d) Ross Edwards
Answer: b) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Who composed “Symphony No. 2” and “Concerto for Orchestra”?
a) Elena Kats-Chernin
b) Richard Meale
c) Nigel Butterley
d) Nigel Westlake
Answer: b) Richard Meale
Which Australian composer is known for the orchestral work “The Red Earth”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Peter Sculthorpe
c) Barry Conyngham
d) Richard Mills
Answer: b) Peter Sculthorpe
Who composed “Rhythm and Texture” and “Bassoon Concerto”?
a) Nigel Butterley
b) Ross Edwards
c) Nigel Westlake
d) Richard Mills
Answer: a) Nigel Butterley
Which Australian musician is recognized for the opera “Bliss” and the choral work “Whitman’s Garden”?
a) Richard Mills
b) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
c) Ross Edwards
d) Elena Kats-Chernin
Answer: a) Richard Mills
Who composed “Symphony No. 3” and “Harbour” for orchestra?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Richard Meale
c) Peter Sculthorpe
d) Barry Conyngham
Answer: c) Peter Sculthorpe
Which Australian composer is known for the orchestral piece “Five Little Pieces”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
c) George Pikler
d) Richard Mills
Answer: a) Ross Edwards
Who composed “Piano Concerto No. 2” and “Symphony No. 2”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Richard Meale
d) Barry Conyngham
Answer: b) Elena Kats-Chernin
Which Australian musician is recognized for the opera “Night Songs” and the ballet “Labyrinth”?
a) Richard Mills
b) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
c) Ross Edwards
d) Nigel Westlake
Answer: a) Richard Mills
Who composed “Symphony No. 4” and “The Prophecy” for orchestra?
a) George Pikler
b) Peter Sculthorpe
c) Nigel Butterley
d) Ross Edwards
Answer: b) Peter Sculthorpe
Which Australian composer is known for the orchestral work “Little Symphony”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Ross Edwards
c) Richard Meale
d) Elena Kats-Chernin
Answer: c) Richard Meale
Who composed “String Quartet No. 2” and “Oboe Concerto”?
a) Peggy Glanville-Hicks
b) Nigel Butterley
c) Richard Mills
d) George Pikler
Answer: b) Nigel Butterley
Which Australian musician is recognized for the opera “The Navigator” and the choral work “Hope”?
a) Ross Edwards
b) Elena Kats-Chernin
c) Richard Mills
d) Barry Conyngham
Answer: d) Barry Conyngham
Who composed “Symphony No. 5” and “Chamber Concerto”?
a) Nigel Westlake
b) Richard Meale
c) Peter Scul