Classical Music Composers Men and Women

Question 1

Name this German Baroque composer who wrote inventions, preludes, minuets and lots more.

Accepted Answer

J.S. Bach

Question 2

Name this Romantic Norwegian composer who wrote the Peer Gynt Suite.

Accepted Answer

Grieg

Question 3

Name this Baroque composer who helped develop keyboard music.

Accepted Answer

Scarlatti

Question 4

Who is this Baroque composer famous for the Messiah and Water Music?

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 5

Name this German Classical composer who lost his hearing and wrote many sonatas and symphonies.

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 6

Who is this Italian Classical composer know for a string quartet in E and Cello Concerto in Bb?

Accepted Answer

Boccherini

Question 7

Who is this German Classical composer who composed symphonies, concertos, operas, choral etc.?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 8

Name this popular Contemporary composer known for Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess.

Accepted Answer

Gershwin

Question 9

Name this Contemporary composer who was a virtuoso pianist. Invented the symphonic poem.

Accepted Answer

Liszt

Question 10

Name this Polish Romantic composer who wrote mazurkas, polonaises, etudes, impromptus and more.

Accepted Answer

Chopin

Question 11

Name this Romantic composer who was a distinguished pianist. Her husband, Robert composed too.

Accepted Answer

Clara Schumann

Question 12

Name this Romantic composer who composed more than 460 pieces. Her brother Felix composed too.

Accepted Answer

Fanny Mendelssohn

Question 13

Name this Renaissance composer who was a nun and wrote religious music.

Accepted Answer

Hildegard of Bingen

Question 14

Name this Italian Baroque composer who was influential in the development of keyboard music.

Accepted Answer

Scarlatti

Question 15

Name this late Classical, early Romantic Austrian composer famous for Der Erlkonig and more.

Accepted Answer

Schubert

Question 16

Name this Impressionistic composer who introduced new music concepts in Europe in late 1800's.

Accepted Answer

Debussy

Question 17

Name this Romantic composer who is one of the three B's.

Accepted Answer

Brahms

Question 18

Who is this Contemporary minimalist (steady pulse, motifs) composer, born in Baltimore, MD?

Accepted Answer

Glass

Question 19

Who is this Baroque composer who was one of the most prolific in history?

Accepted Answer

Telemann

Question 20

Name the Romantic composer famous for his Italian Symphony and Songs without Words for piano.

Accepted Answer

Mendelssohn

Question 21

Name this Romantic Russian composer famous for Piano Concerto #2 in c minor.

Accepted Answer

Rachmaninoff

Question 22

Who is this contemporary American composer who wrote "The Cat and the Mouse"?

Accepted Answer

Copland

Question 23

Who is this Romantic Russian composer who wrote ballet, operas, symphonies?

Accepted Answer

Tchaikovsky

Question 24

Name this Contemporary composer who was the first woman to compose an American symphony.

Accepted Answer

Amy Beach

Classical Music Composers Men and Women

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