Classical Music 3
A quiz about classical music and composers with questions to suit all the family. To view the answers just move your mouse over the answer boxes, but no cheating!!
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Who wrote "Dido & Aeneas", the first English opera?Henry Purcell.
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Featured in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", who wrote "Also Sprach Zarathusa"?Richard Strauss.
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By what name is Mozart's 41st Symphony often known?Jupiter.
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Who composed the music for the ballet "Firebird"?Stravinsky.
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Who wrote "Cavalleria Rusticana"?Pietro Mascagni.
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With which musical instrument is Yehudi Menuhin associatted?Violin.
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What do the members of the orchestra do at the end of Haydn's Farewell Symphony?Leave the stage one by one.
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Who composed the opera "Billy Budd"?Benjamin Britten.
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Where was Handel's Messiah first performed?Dublin.
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Who composed the children's classic "Peter and the Wolf"?Prokofiev.
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Who composed the symphonic sketches known as "La Mer"?Debussy.
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Lieutenant Pinkerton is a character in which opera?Madame Butterfly.
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Who wrote the opera "Turandot"?Puccinni.
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Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta has the sub-title "The Slave of Duty"?The Pirates of Penzance.
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Who composed "The Carnival of Animals"?Saint Saens.
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Which river is named in Johan Strauss's most famous waltz?The (Blue) Danube.
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What music by Wagner was featured in the movie "Apocalypse Now"?The Ride of the Valkeries.
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Who was Beethoven's music teacher?Joseph Haydn.
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How long does Chopin's Waltz in Dflat, Opus 64 last for?One Minute.
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What is Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony often called?The Leningrad.