Composers Flashcards
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German Oratorio composer - lived at times in England
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George Friedrich Handel
2
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Composer of The Planets
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Gustav Holst (English)
3
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Composer of Babes in Toyland (Opera)
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Victor Herbert (Irish-American)
4
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Composer of “The Clock” Symphony #101
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Franz Joseph Haydn
5
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Composer of “Military” Symphony #100
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Franz Joseph Haydn
6
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Composer of “Surprise” Symphony #94
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Franz Joseph Haydn
7
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Composer of The Creation
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Franz Joseph Haydn
8
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Composer of Rhapsody in Blue
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George Gershwin (American)
9
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Composer of Water Music
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George Friedrich Handel
10
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Composer of I Pagliacci (Opera)
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Leoncavallo Ruggiero (Italian)
11
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Composer of Messiah
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George Friedrich Handel
12
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Composer of Faust (Opera)
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Charles Gounod (French)
13
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Composer of The Grand Canyon Suite
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Ferd Grofe (American)
14
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Composer of Piano Concerto in A Minor
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Edvard Grieg (Norwegian)
15
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Composer of Peer Gynt
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Edvard Grieg (Norwegian)
16
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Composer of An American in Paris
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George Gershwin (American)
17
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Composer of Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
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Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
18
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Composer of Music for Royal Fireworks
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George Friedrich Handel
19
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Composer of Amahl and the Night Visitors (Opera)
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Carlo Menotti (20th century Italian)
20
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Composer of Night on Bare (Bald) Mountain
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Modest Mussorgsky (Russian)
21
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Composer of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
22
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Composer of Don Giovanni (Opera)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
23
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Composer of Cosi Fan Tutti (Opera)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
24
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Composer of The Marriage of Figaro (Opera)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
25
Composer of _Elvira Madigan_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
26
Composer of _Jupiter Symphony #41_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
27
Composer of _Hansel and Gretel_
Ingelbert Humperdink (German)
28
Composer of _The Magic Flute_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
29
Composer of _Sabre Dance_
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-American)
30
Composer of _Hebrides Overture_
Felix Mendelssohn (German)
31
Composer of _Violin Concerto in E Minor_
Felix Mendelssohn (German)
32
German Composer - lived for a time in Scotland
Felix Mendelssohn
33
Composer of _A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture_
Felix Mendelssohn (German)
34
Composer of _Thais_
Jules Massenet (French)
35
Composer of _Hungarian Rhapsody_
Franz Liszt (Hungarian)
36
Composer of _Enigma Variations_
Edward Elgar (English)
37
Composer of _Symphony #40 in G Minor_
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian)
38
Composer of _Choral Symphony #9 (Ode to Joy)_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
39
Composer of _Les Troyens_ (Opera)
Hector Berlioz (French)
40
Composer of _Damnation of Faust_
Hector Berlioz (French)
41
Composer of _Symphonie Fantastique_
Hector Berlioz (French)
42
Composer of _Fur Elise_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
43
Composer of _"Emperor" Piano Concerto #5_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
44
Composer of _Moonlight Sonata_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
45
Composer of _Porgy and Bess_ (Opera)
George Gershwin (American)
46
Composer of _Egmont Overture_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
47
Composer of _Prince Igor_ (Opera)
Alexander Borodin (Russian)
48
Composer of _Pastoral Symphony #6_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
49
Composer of _Eroica Symphony #3_
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
50
Composer of _Adagio for Strings_
Samuel Barber (American)
51
Composer of _School for Scandal_
Samuel Barber (American)
52
Composer of _Goldberg Variations_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
53
Composer of _Toccata and Fugue_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
54
Composer of _The Well Tempered Clavier_
Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque composer)
55
Composer of _Fidelio_ (His only opera)
Ludwig von Beethoven (German)
56
Composer of _Fanfare for the Common Man_
Aaron Copeland (American)
57
Composer of _Pomp and Circumstance_
Edward Elgar (English)
58
Composer of _Humoresque_
Antonin Dvorak (Czech)
59
Composer of _The New World Symphony_
Antonin Dvorak (Czech)
60
Composer of _Lucia di Lammermoor_ (Opera)
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian)
61
Composer of _Prelude Afternoon of a Faun_
Claude Debussy (French)
62
Composer of _Le Mer_
Claude Debussy (French)
63
Composer of _Clair de Lune_
Claude Debussy (French)
64
Composer of _Carmen_ (Opera set in Seville)
Georges Bizet (French)
65
Composer of _Billy the Kid_ (Opera)
Aaron Copeland (American)
66
Composer of _L'Arlesienne_
Georges Bizet (French)
67
Composer of _Appalachian Spring_
Aaron Copeland (American)
68
Composer of Numerous scherzos etudes and mazurkas
Frederic Chopin (Polish)
69
Composer of _Espana_
Alexis Chabrier (French)
70
Composer of _Billy Budd_ (Opera)
Benjamin Britten (British)
71
Composer of _Lullaby_
Johannes Brahms (German)
72
Composer of _Hungarian Dances_
Johannes Brahms (German)
73
Composer of _Carmina Burana_
Carl Orff (German)
74
Composer of _Music for a Great City_
Aaron Copeland (American)
75
Composer of _Rite of Spring_
Igor Stravinsky (Russian)
76
Composer of _Eugene Onegin_ (Opera)
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
77
Composer of _Symphony #6 (Pathetique)_
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
78
Composer of _Romeo and Juliet_ - Not Prokofiev's
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
79
Composer of _1812 Overture_
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
80
Composer of _Swan Lake_ (ballet)
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
81
Composer of _The Nutcracker_ (ballet)
Peter Tchaikovsky (Russian)
82
Composer of _Pictures at an Exhibition_
Modest Mussorgsky (Russian)
83
Composer of _Petrushka_ (Puppet ballet)
Igor Stravinsky (Russian)
84
Composer of _Rigoletto_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
85
Composer of _Firebird_
Igor Stravinsky (Russian)
86
Composer of _Salome_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
87
Composer of _Der Rosenkavalier_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
88
Composer of _Don Quixote_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
89
Theme to _2001: A Space Odyssey_
Richard Strauss' _Thus Spake Zarathustra_
90
Composer of _Thus Spake Zarathustra_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
91
Composer of _Don Juan_ (Opera)
Richard Strauss (Austrian)
92
Composer of _Poet and Peasant Overture_
Franz von Suppe (Austrian)
93
Composer of _Lohengrin_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
94
Dvorak symphony that got its name because it premiered in New York
_The New World Symphony_
95
Composer buried at Westminster Abby
George Friedrich Handel
96
12 tone music inovator
Arnold Schoenberg
97
He loved author George Sand
Frederic Chopin
98
Composer and antagonist to Mozart
Antonio Salieri
99
Composer of _The Threepenny Opera_
Kurt Weill (German)
100
Composer of _Ride of the Valkyries_
Richard Wagner (German)
101
Composer of _Aida_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
102
Composer of _The Ring of the Nibelungen_
Richard Wagner (German)
103
Composer of _La Traviata_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
104
Composer of _Tristan and Isolde_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
105
Composer of _Parsifal_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
106
Composer of _Tannhauser_ (Opera)
Richard Wagner (German)
107
Composer of _The Four Seasons_
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian)
108
Composer of _The Anvil Chorus_
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
109
Composer of _Il Trovatore_ (Opera)
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian)
110
"The Waltz King" composer
Johann Strauss II
111
Composer of _The Flying Dutchman_
Richard Wagner (German)
112
Composer of _Tosca_ (Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
113
Composer of _Tales from the Vienna Woods_
Johann Strauss II (Austrian)
114
Composer of _Mother Goose Suite_
Maurice Ravel (French)
115
Composer of _Bolero_
Maurice Ravel (French)
116
Piano Concerto used in the movie _Shine_
Rachmaninov's _Piano Concerto #3_
117
Composer of _Piano Concerto #3_
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian)
118
Composer of _Piano Concerto #2_
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian)
119
Composer of _Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini_
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian)
120
Composer of _Ancient Airs and Dances_
Ottorino Respighi (Italian)
121
Composer of _La Boheme_ (Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
122
Composer of _Flight of the Bumble Bee_
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian)
123
Composer of _Madam Butterfly_ (Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
124
Composer of _Romeo and Juliet_ (Opera) - Not Tchaikovsky's
Sergei Prokofiev (Russian)
125
Composer of _Peter and the Wolf_
Sergei Prokofiev (Russian)
126
Composer of _Canon_
Johann Pachelbel (German)
127
Composer of _Orpheus in the Underworld_
Jacques Offenbach (German)
128
Composer of _Tales of Hoffman_
Jacques Offenbach (German)
129
Stravinsky symphony that caused a riot at its premier
_Rite of Spring_
130
Composer of _Turandot_ (Unfinished Opera)
Giacomo Puccini (Italian)
131
Composer of _Ave Maria_
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
132
Composer of _Boris Godunov_ (Opera)
Modest Mussorgsky (Russian)
133
Composer of _Die Fledermaus_ "The Bat"
Johann Strauss II (Austrian)
134
Composer of _Stars and Stripes Forever_
John Philip Sousa (American)
135
Composer of _Ma Vlast_ (My Country)
Bedrich Smetana (Czech)
136
Composer of _The Bartered Bride_ (Opera)
Bedrich Smetana (Czech)
137
Composer of _Finlandia_
Jean Sibelius (Finnish)
138
Composer of _The Unfinished Symphony_
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
139
Composer of _The Pines of Rome_
Ottorino Respighi (Italian)
140
Composer of _"The Trout"_ for string quintet
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
141
Composer of _The Blue Danube Waltz_
Johann Strauss II (Austrian)
142
Composer of _Gymnopedie_
Erik Satie (French)
143
Composer of _Symphony #3 - The Organ_
Camille St. Saens (French)
144
Composer of _The Carnival of Animals_
Camille St. Saens (French)
145
Composer of _Dance Macabre_
Camille St. Saens (French)
146
Composer of _The Barber of Seville_
Gioacchino Rossini (Italian)
147
Composer of _William Tell Overture_
Gioacchino Rossini (Italian)
148
Composer of _Scheherazade_
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian)
149
Composer of _The Great Symphony_
Franz Schubert (Austrian Lieder composer)
