Classical Composers - Hawley

Question 1

Fanny Mendelssohn died from stroke complications?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

At what age did Joseph Haydn get employed to play music pieces for a wealthy European family?

Accepted Answer

none of above

Question 3

What was the Original University Robert Schumann attended to?

Accepted Answer

University of Leipzig

Question 4

How many wives did Richard Wagner have?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 5

When was Samuel Coleridge Taylor born?

Accepted Answer

August 15, 1875

Question 6

What vegetable or fruit did Tchaikovsky like picking?

Accepted Answer

Mushroom

Question 7

When Did Franz Liszt first become interested in playing the piano?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 8

What is Mozart’s full name?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart

Question 9

What age did Mendelssohn start playing the piano? And who was his first teacher?

Accepted Answer

6, mother

Question 10

When did George Frideric Handel die?

Accepted Answer

1759

Question 11

Who did George Bridgetower have beef with?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 12

Who educated Antonio Vivaldi?

Accepted Answer

His dad

Question 13

How old was Camille Saint Saëns when he died?

Accepted Answer

86

Question 14

When did Margaret Bonds die?

Accepted Answer

1972

Question 15

What job did Claudio Monteverdi's parents have?

Accepted Answer

barber-surgeon and chemist

Question 16

What instrument did Edward Elgar learn to play first?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Question 17

At what age did Beethoven die?

Accepted Answer

56

Questions 17