Classical Composers: 8th Grade

Question 1

Who could easily transpose and play violin music?

Accepted Answer

Luigi Boccherini

Question 2

Who was knighted by Pope Benedict XIV and became a "Knight of the Golden Spur"?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Gluck

Question 3

Who was a composer and abolitionist who fought in wars?

Accepted Answer

Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Question 4

Which composer’s name comes from his Godfather’s name (Telemann), who was friends with his father?

Accepted Answer

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Question 5

Which composer was a child prodigy and began composing at age 5?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 6

Which composer wrote some of his most famous works while he was deaf?

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 7

She began violin lessons at age 14 she started performing at concerts across Europe by age 21

Accepted Answer

Maddalena Laura Sirman

Question 8

Who was a legendary fencer, and the only composer from Guadalupe?

Accepted Answer

Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Question 9

Who had a sense of humor that was shown through his piece “Surprise Symphony”?

Accepted Answer

Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 10

Who had a quality education due to the fact that she came from a noble, wealthy family?

Accepted Answer

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini

Question 11

Who had a sister who also composed music?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 12

Which composer was taken into an orphanage at a young age and learned music there?

Accepted Answer

Maddalena Laura Sirman

Question 13

Ludwig van Beethoven bridged which two periods

Accepted Answer

Classical and Romantic

Question 14

Who never pursued employment as a composer because she was a woman?

Accepted Answer

Marianna Martines

Question 15

Who is the composer that revolutionized opera?

Accepted Answer

Christoph Gluck

Question 16

Who was nicknamed "Father of the Piano"?

Accepted Answer

Muzio Clementi

Question 17

Whose compositions were mainly lost over time, and she was popular in Vienna?

Accepted Answer

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini

Question 18

He was nicknamed "Father of the Symphony"

Accepted Answer

Franz Joseph Hayden

Question 19

Who was a virtuoso cellist and began playing and learning at the age of 5?

Accepted Answer

Luigi Boccherini

Question 20

Who was known for the piece “Ave Maria”?

Accepted Answer

Franz Schubert

Question 21

Who was influenced by Beethoven’s music and composed Ave Maria?

Accepted Answer

Franz Schubert

Question 22

She spoke several languages including Italian, German, French, and English

Accepted Answer

Marianna Martines

Question 23

Who created the pianos that Beethoven used?

Accepted Answer

Muzio Clementi

Question 24

Who influenced Mozart and Beethoven?

Accepted Answer

C.P.E. Bach

Classical Composers: 8th Grade

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Classical Composers: 8th Grade

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