Test your knowledge of famous composers and their musical legacy in this captivating musical history quiz! Can you get a perfect score in this ultimate test of classical music expertise? Challenge yourself now and see how many correct answers you can get out of 10!
1. Which composer is known for pioneering the development of jazz and was one of the first to write it down?
Jelly Roll Morton
Jerry Goldsmith
Jim Steinman
Jimmy Webb
2. Who composed the music for the 'Jurassic Park' film series?
John Williams
John Powell
John Barry
John Zorn
3. Which composer wrote 'The Nutcracker' and 'Swan Lake' ballets?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Prokofiev
Maurice Ravel
Gustav Mahler
4. Who composed the famous 'Canonical in D'?
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms
5. Which composer, known for 'Boléro', was part of the Impressionism movement in music?
Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Antonio Vivaldi
6. Which American composer is famous for his musicals, including 'West Side Story'?
Leonard Bernstein
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
Stephen Sondheim
7. Which composer and pianist wrote the majority of his works for the piano and is known for the 'Minute Waltz'?
Frédéric Chopin
Liszt Franz
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
8. Who composed 'The Planets', an orchestral suite, in the early 20th century?
Gustav Holst
Igor Stravinsky
Dmitri Shostakovich
Ralph Vaughan Williams
9. This Japanese composer is known for his soundtracks to Studio Ghibli films such as 'Spirited Away' and 'My Neighbor Totoro'. Who is he?
Joe Hisaishi
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Nobuo Uematsu
Koji Kondo
10. Which composer is referred to as the 'Father of the Symphony' and the 'Father of the String Quartet'?