Biographies

Question 1

Hildegard of Bingen
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Answer 1

Date: 1098-1179
Location: Germany
Job: Nun / Composer
Notable Works: “O Rubor Sanguinis”(c. 1150)

Question 2

Josquin des Prez 
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Answer 2

Date: 1455-1521 AD
Location: Belgium / France
Job: Composer
Notable Works: Ave Maria (c. 1485)

Question 3

Claudio Monteverdi
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Answer 3

Date: 1567-1643 AD
Location: Italy
Job: Composer
Notable Works: “Cruda Amarilli” (c. 1605)

Question 4

Barbara Strozzi
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Answer 4

Date: 1619-1677 AD
Location: Italy
Job: Composer
Notable Works: Extract from “L’Eraclito amoroso” (Heraclitus in Love) (Aria)

Question 5

Antonio Vivaldi
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Answer 5

Date: 1678-1741
Location: Italy
Job: Priest / Composer
Notable Works: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major (“Spring”)

Question 6

Johann Sebastian Bach 
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Answer 6

Date: 1685-1750 AD
Location: German
Job: Church Organist / Composer
Notable Works: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (c. 1715)

Question 7

Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Answer 7

Date: 1745-1799 AD
Location: Saint Dominica / France
Job: Virtuoso Violinist /Composer
Notable Works: Violin Concerto, op. 2, no. 1 (mvt. 3)

Question 8

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Answer 8

Date: 1756-1791 AD
Location: Austria
Job: Composer
Notable Works: The Marriage of Figaro (finale) (c. 1786)

Question 9

Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Answer 9

Date: 1770-1827 AD
Location: Germany / Austria
Job: Freelance-Composer
Notable Works: Symphony No. 5 (c. 1808)

Question 10

Hector Berlioz 
Date: 1803-1869 AD
Location: France
Job: Composer
Notable Works: Symphonie Fantastique (c. 1830)

Answer 10

Date: 1803-1869 AD
Location: France
Job: Composer
Notable Works: Symphonie Fantastique (c. 1830)