Classical Music and Composers

Question 1

1812 Overutre

Answer 1

Tchaikovsky

Question 2

Symphony No. 5

Answer 2

Beethoven

Question 3

Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”

Answer 3

Mozart

Question 4

Toccotta and Fugue in D minor

Answer 4

Bach

Question 5

Little Fugue in G minor

Answer 5

Bach

Question 6

The Planets

Answer 6

Holst

Question 7

The Four Seasons

Answer 7

Vivaldi

Question 8

Moonlight Sonata

Answer 8

Beetoven

Question 9

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Answer 9

Brahms

Question 10

Clair De Lune

Answer 10

Debussy

Question 11

Three act opera written by uiseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The plot takes place in Paris with a coutesan named Violetta

Answer 11

La Traviata

Question 12

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900.The plot centres around Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi and the corrupt Chief of Police.

Answer 12

Tosca

Question 13

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo

Answer 13

Rigoletto

Question 14

The Magic Flute, K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form during the time it was written that included both singing and spoken dialogue.

Answer 14

The Magic Flute

Question 15

The Marriage of Figaro is an opera buffa in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786

Answer 15

The Marriage of Figaro