Famous Composers

Question 1

Mozart wrote his first concerto at what age?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 2

Who is this composer?

Accepted Answer

Gioachino Rossini

Question 3

Who wrote this song?

Accepted Answer

Rossini

Question 4

Who is this composer who cut off pigtails of a fellow choir member as a joke?

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 5

Who is this composer who was nicknamed "the little mushroom" because of his height?

Accepted Answer

Schubert

Question 6

Who was Leopold?

Accepted Answer

Leopold Stokowski

Question 7

Which famous composer eventually went completely deaf?

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 8

Which Vienna composer was a regular at a coffeehouse called The Red Hedgehog?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Brahms

Question 9

Who instrument plays the 'duck' in Peter and the Wolf?

Accepted Answer

Oboe

Question 10

John Phillip Sousa was the conductor of the ____ band for 12 years.

Accepted Answer

Marine

Question 11

Which two composers were blinded by the same ocular surgeon?

Accepted Answer

Bach and Handel

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