Composers Flashcards
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Composer of “The Clock” Symphony #101
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Composer of Water Music
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George Friedrich Handel
3
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Composer of Billy Budd (Opera)
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Benjamin Britten (British)
4
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German Composer - lived for a time in Scotland
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Felix Mendelssohn
5
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Composer of Hungarian Dances
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Johannes Brahms (German)
6
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Composer of The Magic Flute
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
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Composer of Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera)
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Gaetano Donizetti (Italian)
8
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Composer of Rigoletto (Opera)
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Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
9
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Composer of Die Fledermaus “The Bat”
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Johann Strauss II (Austrian)
10
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Composer of Prince Igor (Opera)
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Alexander Borodin (Russian)
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Composer of The Creation
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Composer of Symphony #6 (Pathetique)
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Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
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Composer of The Flying Dutchman
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Richard Wagner (German)
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Composer of Symphony #40 in G Minor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
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Piano Concerto used in the movie Shine
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Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto #3
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Composer of Don Giovanni (Opera)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
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Stravinsky symphony that caused a riot at its premier
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Rite of Spring
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Composer of La Boheme (Opera)
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Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
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Composer of Orpheus in the Underworld
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Jacques Offenbach (German)
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Composer of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
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Felix Mendelssohn (German)
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Composer of Don Quixote (Opera)
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Richard Strauss (Austrian)
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Composer of Romeo and Juliet (Opera) - Not Tchaikovsky’s
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Sergei Prokofiev (Russian)
23
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Composer buried at Westminster Abby
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George Friedrich Handel
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Composer of Music for Royal Fireworks
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George Friedrich Handel
25
Theme to _2001: A Space Odyssey_
Richard Strauss' _Thus Spake Zarathustra_
26
Composer of _Tannhauser_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
27
Composer of _The Great Symphony_
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
28
Composer of _The Grand Canyon Suite_
Ferd Grofe (American)
29
Composer of _The New World Symphony_
Antonin Dvorak (Czech)
30
Composer of _Violin Concerto in E Minor_
Felix Mendelssohn (German)
31
Composer of _The Pines of Rome_
Ottorino Respighi (Italian)
32
Composer of _Egmont Overture_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
33
Composer of _Carmina Burana_
Carl Orff (German)
34
Composer of _William Tell Overture_
Gioacchino Rossini (Italian)
35
Composer of _The Bartered Bride_ (Opera)
Bedrich Smetana (Czech)
36
Composer of _Tosca_ (Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
37
Composer of _Hungarian Rhapsody_
Franz Liszt (Hungarian)
38
Composer of _Porgy and Bess_ (Opera)
George Gershwin (American)
39
He loved author George Sand
Frederic Chopin
40
Composer of _Adagio for Strings_
Samuel Barber (American)
41
Composer of _Turandot_ (Unfinished Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
42
Composer of _Pastoral Symphony #6_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
43
Composer of _Swan Lake_ (ballet)
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
44
Composer of _Boris Godunov_ (Opera)
Modest Mussorgsky (Russian)
45
Composer of _Rhapsody in Blue_
George Gershwin (American)
46
Composer of _Eine Kleine Nachtmusik_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
47
Composer of _Clair de Lune_
Claude Debussy (French)
48
Composer of _Firebird_
Igor Stravinsky (Russian)
49
Composer of _Mother Goose Suite_
Maurice Ravel (French)
50
Composer of _Pictures at an Exhibition_
Modest Mussorgsky (Russian)
51
Composer of _1812 Overture_
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
52
Composer of _The Planets_
Gustav Holst (English)
53
Composer of _"The Trout"_ for string quintet
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
54
German Oratorio composer - lived at times in England
George Friedrich Handel
55
12 tone music inovator
Arnold Schoenberg
56
Composer of _Cosi Fan Tutti_ (Opera)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
57
Composer of _Poet and Peasant Overture_
Franz von Suppe (Austrian)
58
Composer of _The Four Seasons_
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian)
59
Composer of _The Marriage of Figaro_ (Opera)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
60
Composer of _Parsifal_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
61
Composer of _"Emperor" Piano Concerto #5_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
62
Composer of _The Unfinished Symphony_
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
63
Composer of _Salome_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
64
Composer of _"Military" Symphony #100_
Franz Joseph Haydn
65
Composer of _Le Mer_
Claude Debussy (French)
66
Composer of _Canon_
Johann Pachelbel (German)
67
Composer of _Peer Gynt_
Edvard Grieg (Norwegian)
68
Composer of _Night on Bare (Bald) Mountain_
Modest Mussorgsky (Russian)
69
Composer of _Babes in Toyland_ (Opera)
Victor Herbert (Irish-American)
70
Composer of _Tales from the Vienna Woods_
Johann Strauss II (Austrian)
71
Composer of _Hansel and Gretel_
Ingelbert Humperdink (German)
72
Composer of _La Traviata_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
73
Composer of _Ancient Airs and Dances_
Ottorino Respighi (Italian)
74
Composer of _The Barber of Seville_
Gioacchino Rossini (Italian)
75
Composer of _Hebrides Overture_
Felix Mendelssohn (German)
76
Composer and antagonist to Mozart
Antonio Salieri
77
Composer of _An American in Paris_
George Gershwin (American)
78
Composer of _Flight of the Bumble Bee_
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian)
79
Composer of _The Carnival of Animals_
Camille St. Saens (French)
80
Composer of Numerous scherzos etudes and mazurkas
Frederic Chopin (Polish)
81
Composer of _Brandenburg Concertos 1-6_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
82
Composer of _Fidelio_ (His only opera)
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
83
Composer of _Thus Spake Zarathustra_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
84
Composer of _Moonlight Sonata_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
85
Composer of _Lohengrin_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
86
Composer of _Symphonie Fantastique_
Hector Berlioz (French)
87
Composer of _Messiah_
George Friedrich Handel
88
Composer of _Tristan and Isolde_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
89
Composer of _Bolero_
Maurice Ravel (French)
90
Composer of _Damnation of Faust_
Hector Berlioz (French)
91
Composer of _Peter and the Wolf_
Sergei Prokofiev (Russian)
92
Composer of _The Nutcracker_ (ballet)
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
93
Composer of _Madam Butterfly_ (Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
94
Composer of _Il Trovatore_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
95
Composer of _Piano Concerto #2_
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian)
96
Composer of _Humoresque_
Antonin Dvorak (Czech)
97
Composer of _Enigma Variations_
Edward Elgar (English)
98
Composer of _I Pagliacci_ (Opera)
Leoncavallo Ruggiero (Italian)
99
Composer of _Lullaby_
Johannes Brahms (German)
100
Composer of _Thais_
Jules Massenet (French)
101
Composer of _Eugene Onegin_ (Opera)
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
102
Composer of _The Anvil Chorus_
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
103
Composer of _Sabre Dance_
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-American)
104
Composer of _The Blue Danube Waltz_
Johann Strauss II (Austrian)
105
Composer of _Stars and Stripes Forever_
John Philip Sousa (American)
106
Composer of _Petrushka_ (Puppet ballet)
Igor Stravinsky (Russian)
107
Composer of _Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini_
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian)
108
Composer of _Espana_
Alexis Chabrier (French)
109
Composer of _Carmen_ (Opera set in Seville)
Georges Bizet (French)
110
Composer of _Piano Concerto in A Minor_
Edvard Grieg (Norwegian)
111
Composer of _Symphony #3 - The Organ_
Camille St. Saens (French)
112
Dvorak symphony that got its name because it premiered in New York
_The New World Symphony_
113
Composer of _Music for a Great City_
Aaron Copeland (American)
114
Composer of _Dance Macabre_
Camille St. Saens (French)
115
Composer of _Piano Concerto #3_
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian)
116
Composer of _Eroica Symphony #3_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
117
Composer of _School for Scandal_
Samuel Barber (American)
118
Composer of _Fanfare for the Common Man_
Aaron Copeland (American)
119
Composer of _The Ring of the Nibelungen_
Richard Wagner (German)
120
Composer of _Billy the Kid_ (Opera)
Aaron Copeland (American)
121
Composer of _Tales of Hoffman_
Jacques Offenbach (German)
122
Composer of _Amahl and the Night Visitors_ (Opera)
Carlo Menotti (20th century Italian)
123
Composer of _Gymnopedie_
Erik Satie (French)
124
Composer of _Jupiter Symphony #41_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
125
Composer of _The Threepenny Opera_
Kurt Weill (German)
126
Composer of _Aida_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
127
Composer of _Don Juan_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
128
Composer of _Fur Elise_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
129
Composer of _Scheherazade_
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian)
130
Composer of _Rite of Spring_
Igor Stravinsky (Russian)
131
Composer of _Ma Vlast_ (My Country)
Bedrich Smetana (Czech)
132
Composer of _Faust_ (Opera)
Charles Gounod (French)
133
"The Waltz King" composer
Johann Strauss II
134
Composer of _Romeo and Juliet_ - Not Prokofiev's
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
135
Composer of _Appalachian Spring_
Aaron Copeland (American)
136
Composer of _Les Troyens_ (Opera)
Hector Berlioz (French)
137
Composer of _Toccata and Fugue_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
138
Composer of _Finlandia_
Jean Sibelius (Finnish)
139
Composer of _"Surprise" Symphony #94_
Franz Joseph Haydn
140
Composer of _Choral Symphony #9 (Ode to Joy)_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
141
Composer of _Prelude Afternoon of a Faun_
Claude Debussy (French)
142
Composer of _The Well Tempered Clavier_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
143
Composer of _Ave Maria_
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
144
Composer of _L'Arlesienne_
Georges Bizet (French)
145
Composer of _Pomp and Circumstance_
Edward Elgar (English)
146
Composer of _Der Rosenkavalier_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
147
Composer of _Ride of the Valkyries_
Richard Wagner (German)
148
Composer of _Elvira Madigan_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
149
Composer of _Goldberg Variations_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
