Classical Music

Question 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Answer 1

(German 1685 - 1750)
Brandenburg Concertos
The Well-Tempered Clavier

Question 2

Samuel Barber

Answer 2

(American 1910 - 1981)
Overture, School for Scandal
Adagio for Strings

Question 3

Bela Bartok

Answer 3

(Hungarian 1881 - 1945)

Miraculous Mandarin

Question 4

Ludwig von Beethoven

Answer 4

(German 1770 - 1827)
Emperor Concerto
Missa Solemnis
Overtures (Egmont, Fidelio, Leonore)
Symphonies (nine total) (No. 3 “Eroica”, No. 6 “Pastoral”, No. 9 “Choral”)
Operas (Leonore, Fidelio)
[Hearing deteriorated and was almost deaf]

Question 5

Hector Berlioz

Answer 5

(French 1803 - 1869)
Damnation of Faust
Harold in Italy
Romeo and Juliet
Overtures (Beatrice and Benedict, Benvenuto Cellini, King Lear, The Roman Carnival)

Question 6

Aaron Copland

Answer 6

(American 1900 - 1990)

Ballets (Appalachian Song, Billy the Kid, Rodeo)

Question 7

Claude Debussy

Answer 7

(French 1862 - 1918)
Bergamasque (Clair de Lune)
Images
La Mer
Nocturne
Prelude, Afternoon of a Faun

Question 8

Antonin Dvorak

Answer 8

(Czech 1841 - 1904)

Symphony No. 9: “New World”

Question 9

Franz Joseph (“Papa”) Hayden

Answer 9

(Austrian 1732 - 1809)
Symphonies (104 Total):
No. 22: "The Philosopher"
No. 26: "Lamentation"
No. 31: "Horn Signal (Lookout)"
No. 45: "Farewell"
No. 48: "Maria Theresa"
No. 60: "Il Distratto"
No. 82: "L'Ours"
No. 83: "La Poule"
No. 85: "La Reine (the Queen)"
No. 92: "Oxford"
No. 94: "Surprise"
No. 96: "Miracle"
No. 100: "Military"
No. 101: "The Clock"
No. 103: "Drumroll"

Question 10

Charles Ives

Answer 10

(American 1874 - 1954)
Central Park in the Dark
The Unanswered Question

Question 11

Franz Liszt

Answer 11

(Hungarian 1811 - 1886)
A Faust Symphony
Mazeppa

Question 12

Gustav Mahler

Answer 12

(German 1860 - 1911)
Song of the Earth
Symphonies
No. 2: "Resurection"
No. 8: "Symphony of a Thousand"

Question 13

Felix Mendelssohn

Answer 13

(German 1809 - 1847)
Overtures (The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave, Ruy Blas)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Symphonies
No. 3: "Scottish"
No. 4: "Italian"
No. 5: "Reformation"

Question 14

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Answer 14

(Austrian 1756 - 1791)
Symphonies (Kochel numbers)
No. 25: "Little G Minor"
No. 31: "Paris"
No. 35: "Haffner"
No. 36: "Linz"
No. 38: "Prague"
No. 41: "Jupiter"

Question 15

Sergei Prokofiev

Answer 15

(Russian 1891 - 1953)
Peter and the Wolf
Romeo and Juliet
Scythian Suite

Question 16

Maurice Ravel

Answer 16

(French 1875 - 1937)
Bolero
Daphnis and Chloe
Mother Goose
Spanish Rhapsody
La Valse

Question 17

Ottorino Respighi

Answer 17

(Italian 1879 - 1936)
The Pines of Rome
The Fountains of Rome

Question 18

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Answer 18

(Russian 1844 - 1908)
Scheherazade
Overture: The Great Russian Easter

Question 19

Camille Saint-Saens

Answer 19

(French 1835 - 1921)
Danse Macabre
Carnival of the Animals
Samson and Delilah

Question 20

Franz Schubert

Answer 20

(Austrian 1797 - 1828)
Symphonies
No. 4: “Tragic”
No. 8: “Unfinished”

Question 21

Robert Schumann

Answer 21

(German 1810 - 1856)
Symphonies
No. 1: “Spring”
No. 3: “Rhenish”

Question 22

Richard Strauss

Answer 22

(German 1864 - 1949)
Don Juan
Don Quixote
Metamorphosis
Salome
Till Eulenspiegel
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Death and Transfiguration

Question 23

Igor Stravinsky

Answer 23

(Russian 1882 - 1971)
Card Game
Firebird
Petrushka
Rite of Spring
Song of the Nightingale

Question 24

Peter Tchaikovsky

Answer 24

(Russian 1840 - 1893)
Capriccio Italien
Symphonies
No. 2: "Little Russian"
No. 6: "Pathetique"
1812 Overture

Question 25

George Frideric Handel

Answer 25

(German 1685 - 1759)

Messiah

Question 26

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Answer 26

(Italian 1678 - 1714)

The Four Seasons