Test Your Knowledge with Challenging Classical Music Trivia!
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- Which composer was the first to use a typewriter in the orchestra?George Antheil · Igor Stravinsky · John Cage · Maurice Ravel
- The poem 'Pelleas et Melisande' by Maurice Maeterlinck was put into music by many composers. Who didn't?Claude Debussy · Jean Sibelius · Gabriel Fauré · Cesar Franck
- 'Lieder eines fahrendes Gesellen' is a cycle of songs composed by?Franz Schubert · Richard Wagner · Gustav Mahler · Johannes Brahms
- Fetis, Aubert, Ysaye and Lekeu were composers of the same nationality. Which?French · Belgian · Italian · German
- Stravinsky wrote a lot. One of the following was certainly not one of his works. Which?The Firebird · The Rite of Spring · Petrushka · Niagara Symphony
- Which is the odd one out, in this list of instruments? (think classification)Violin · Cello · Flute · Viola
- Who would we call the 'father of the nocturnes'?Ludwig van Beethoven · Frederic Chopin · Johann Sebastian Bach · Franz Schubert
- The piece 4'33' is (in) famous because?It was composed in a mental asylum · It is played entirely on one note · It consists of silence only · It makes use of animal sounds
- Which German composer did not escape to the USA before or during World War Two?Arnold Schoenberg · Kurt Weill · Paul Hindemith · Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- In the 1940s, legendary classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz was known for performing a sparkling piano solo arrangement of what John Philip Sousa march?Washington Post March · The Thunderer · Stars and Stripes Forever · Semper Fidelis
- In what year did Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture premiere?1812 · 1880 · 1890 · 1900
- Which romantic composer wrote 'Orfeo ed Euridice'?Christoph Willibald Gluck · Franz Liszt · Gioachino Rossini · Gustav Mahler
- What is the term for a male singing voice that is higher than a tenor but lower than a soprano?Baritone · Countertenor · Bass · Mezzo-soprano
- Which symphony is called the 'Pastoral Symphony'?Beethoven's 6th Symphony · Mozart's 40th Symphony · Brahms' 2nd Symphony · Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
- Which composer is known for the 'Enigma Variations'?Edward Elgar · Ralph Vaughan Williams · Benjamin Britten · Gustav Holst