Musical Trivia - Addy, Madison, Marie, Madeleine

What did Richard Wagner base his operas on?

John Philip Sousa was known as what?

Late in what era did Claude Debussy compose in?

While in his 20s, Aaron Copland joined what group?

Of what era did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart compose his music in?

What did Ludwig Van Beethoven lose in his twenties?

Antonio Vivaldi had a set of four violin concertos, which were called what?

Aaron Copland was born and also died in which city?

Franz Joseph Haydn was born the same year as who?

What petition did Johannes Brahms sign?

Some critics, particularly in England, thought Giuseppe Verdi's music was what?

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was a composer of which era?

At what age did George Frederic Handel give up writing operas?

Did Beethoven marry?

Did Edward Elgar have advanced training in music?

At what age was Felix Mendel made a conductor of an orchestra in Leipzig, Germany?

At what age did Charles Ives have a heart attack?

Charles Ives was a composer of what century?

How were Claude Debussy's works received by critics and performers?

What did many people believe Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky suffer from because of his mood swings?

John Philip Sousa help create which new instrument?

What happened to Edward Elgar at age 47?

What was Edward Elgar's most famous song, still played today?

 59 years after Scott Joplin's death, he was awarded what for his music?

In 1908, Igor Stravinsky's first symphony was performed. How old was he?

What did Hildegard von Bingen consider herself to be:

At age 20, Charles Ives entered what college where he studied music?

Johannes Brahms often did what with his operas?

Franz Joseph Haydn worked over 175 pieces for which stringed instrument?

Which of Scott Joplin's songs, featured in a movie, set off a ragtime craze?

At John Philip Sousa's band concerts, what did the audience frequently do?

What did John Philip Sousa also write, along with music?

What town was Felix Mendelssohn born in?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky loved the world of what?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his first opera at what age?

What was Hildegard von Bingen last composed music called?

Many of George Frederic Handel's operas were not performed until what decade?

Did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel ever write a symphony?

What did Hildegrad von Bingen not usually include in her music?

Which of Igor Stravinsky's works caused a riot in the concert hall?

What term did Richard Wagner use to describe his operas?

How many musical works did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel compose?

Igor Stravinsky began piano lessons at what age?

What opera written by Richard Wagner was abandoned after 77 rehearsals?

Who did Johann Sebastian Bach marry?

Felix Mendelssohn wrote numerous works for what kind of quartet?

Where was Antonín Dvořák's real home?

What did Johann Sebastian Bach NOT compose?

Was Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel a better piano player than her brother Felix?

At what age did Charles Ives retire from business?

At what age did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart start composing?

What century was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart considered the greatest composer in?

When he wasn't traveling through Europe, what did Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky live like?

Where was Antonín Dvořák living when he wrote his symphony at age 52?

Aaron Copland was one of the first composers to write for what?

Who was Franz Schubert buried next to?

What year did Aaron Copland die?

When is Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar) played?

At what age did Giuseppe Verdi complete his first opera?

What was Franz Schubert's only goal in life?

 What era did Hildegard von Bingen compose?

Composing was ________ for Ludwig Van Bethoven.

At what age did Claude Debussy return to France?

How many children did Johann Sebastian Bach have?

Who were Antonín Dvořák's major influences?

Who was a student of Franz Joseph Haydn?

Did Richard Wagner write an autobiography? 

True of false: Franz Schubert worked rapidly on his music.

What kind of orchestra did George Frederic Handel perform in?

Musically, how did Johannes Brahms like music to be?

What era did Antonio Vivaldi compose his music in?

The Imperial Opera in Russia commissioned Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to write a what?

George Frederic Handel wrote The Messiah in approximately how much time?

Igor Stravinsky was a composer of which century?

What was Scott Joplin considered?

At what age did Felix Mendelssohn begin composing?

Antonio Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos, more than 230 for which musical instrument?

Ludwig Van Beethoven is called a bridge between which two musical periods?

Who did Johann Sebastian Bach enjoy the music of?

What century was Giuseppe Verdi was considered one of the best composers of which century?

Johannes Brahms met who, but did not like their music?

Guiseppe Verdi was a composer of what era?

What year was The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) written?

When was Antonio Vivaldi born?

When was Antonín Dvořák born?

By age 23, Franz Schubert had written over how many musical works?

What was Claude Debussy's music called, although he disliked the term?