Romantic Period Composers

Question 1

Give the birth, death and nationality of Felix Mendelssohn.

Answer 1

Born: 1809 Died: 1847 Nationality: German

Question 2

Give the birth, death and nationality of Giuseppe Verdi.

Answer 2

Born: 1813 Died: 1901 Nationality: Italian

Question 3

Give the birth, death and nationality of Sergei Prokovief.

Answer 3

Born: 1891 Died: 1953 Nationality: Russian/Ukranian

Question 4

Give the birth, death and nationality of Johannes Brahms.

Answer 4

Born: 1833 Died: 1897 Nationality: German

Question 5

Give the birth, death and nationality of Richard Wagner

Answer 5

Born: 1813 Died: 1883 Nationality: German

Question 6

Name pieces by Felix Mendelsshon.

Answer 6

Hebrides Overture or The Hebrides, Elijah, Song without words, The Italian Symphony.

Question 7

Name pieces by Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 7

Rigoletto,

Question 8

Name pieces by Sergei Prokovief.

Answer 8

Peter and the wolf

Question 9

Names pieces by Johannes Brahms.

Answer 9

German Requiem, Academic Festival Overture

Question 10

Name pieces by Richard Wagner.

Answer 10

The Ring, Tristan and Isolde, The Flying Dutchman, Ride of the Valkryries

Question 11

Give the birth, death and nationality of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Answer 11

Born: 1840 Died: 1893 Nationality: Russian

Question 12

Give the birth, death and nationality of Giacomo Puccini.

Answer 12

Born: 1858 Died: 1924 Nationality: Italian

Question 13

Name pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Answer 13

Swan Lake, 1812 overture, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty

Question 14

Give the birth, death and nationality of Georges Bizet.

Answer 14

Birth: 1838 Died: 1875 Nationality: French

Question 15

Name pieces by Antonín Dvorák.

Answer 15

The ‘New World’,

Question 16

Name pieces of Georges Bizet.

Answer 16

Carmen,

Question 17

Give the birth, death and nationality of Frédéric Chopin.

Answer 17

Born: 1810 Died: 1849 Nationality: Polish

Question 18

Name pieces by Frédéric Chopin.

Answer 18

Raindrop prelude, minute waltz

Question 19

Name pieces by Bedrich Smetana.

Answer 19

Má vlast,

Question 20

Name pieces by Giacomo Puccini

Answer 20

Tosca, Madame Butterfly

Question 21

Who composed night on the bare mountain?

Answer 21

Modest Mussorgsky

Question 22

Who composed Carnival of the Animals?

Answer 22

Camille Saint-Saëns

Question 23

Give the birth, death and nationality of Edward Elgar.

Answer 23

Born: 1857 Died: 1934 Nationality: English

Question 24

Name pieces by Edward Elgar.

Answer 24

Salut d’Amour

Question 25

Who composed Peer Gynt Suite?

Answer 25

Edvard Grieg

Question 26

Who composed William Tell?

Answer 26

Gioachino Rossini

Question 27

Who composed Don Quixote?

Answer 27

Wilhelm Kienzl

Question 28

Name 2 pieces by Franz Liszt

Answer 28

La campanella and Orpheus

Question 29

What is Paganini known for?

Answer 29

Violin

Question 30

What is Johan Strauss II known for?

Answer 30

Light music, dance music such as waltz.

Question 31

What is Bruckner known for?

Answer 31

Symphonies

Question 32

What is Mahler known for?

Answer 32

Conducting

Question 33

Names Pieces by Schumann.

Answer 33

Carnaval

Question 34

What is Schumann known for?

Answer 34

Piano Music

Question 35

What is Puccini known for?

Answer 35

Opera

Question 36

What is Tchaikovsky known for?

Answer 36

Ballet

Question 37

What is Schubert known for?

Answer 37

Lieder or song

Question 38

What is Wagner known for?

Answer 38

Opera

Question 39

What is Chopin known for?

Answer 39

Piano Music

Question 40

Name pieces by Rachmaninov.

Answer 40

Piano Prelude C sharp minor Opus 32

Question 41

Name Pieces by Franz Schubert.

Answer 41

Die Schöne Müllerin, Gretchen am Spinrade

Question 42

What is Franz Liszt known for?

Answer 42

Symphonic Poem

Question 43

What is Mendelsohn known for?

Answer 43

Programme Music

Question 44

What is Berlioz known for?

Answer 44

Symphonies