Composer Quiz! - 6th Grade

Question 1

During the Middle Ages & Renaissance, why is there little music left from that era?

Accepted Answer

There was no system to write music.

Question 2

I wrote 600 songs (lieder), Ave Maria, & the Unfinished Symphony, and March Militaire. I also died at a young age.

Accepted Answer

Schubert

Question 3

Who was NOT born in Austria?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 4

I was deaf most of my adult life.

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 5

Although I was very famous as a kid, I still died as a pauper (the Home Alone kid of composing).

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 6

I made 1 cent for each copy of "Maple Leaf Rag", and my song, "The Entertainer" won an Academy Award.

Accepted Answer

Joplin

Question 7

Secular music was created for the ___________________ for entertainment.

Accepted Answer

Courts

Question 8

At the premiere of my ballet, Rite of Spring, fist fights broke out.

Accepted Answer

Stravinksy

Question 9

Where was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart buried?

Accepted Answer

Vienna

Question 10

When I died, 30,000 people attended my funeral. (I was the Mayim Bialik of my time).

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 11

The Romantic Period was Based on Valentine's Day.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

What was the great invention that came at the end of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Printing Press

Question 13

Sacred music was create for the _____________________ as liturgy.

Accepted Answer

Courts

Question 14

I studied piano at age 3, was friends with Robert Schumann & his wife, Clara, known for a lullaby & being cool! ;)

Accepted Answer

Brahms

Question 15

During the Middle Ages & Renaissance, only Men and Boys were allowed to sing in the church.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

I was a prankster. I cut the ponytail off a boy in choir and was kicked out of the choir.

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 17

I started composing at age 5. I was considered a prodigy (child genius).

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 18

In the Middle Ages, music was primarily written for... ..

Accepted Answer

The Church

Question 19

I was inspired by the American cowboy, folks songs, and old hymns. Known for ballets Billy the Kid & Appalachian Spring.

Accepted Answer

Copland

Question 20

The Composer that was known for his Red Hair

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 21

I had 20 children, my music went into space on the Voyager, & I wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier & Brandenburg Concertos.

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 22

I am the "Father of the Symphony". I wrote 104 symphonies to be exact, including the "Surprise Symphony".

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 23

I almost became a lawyer instead of a composer; was born in Germany but became a British subject.

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 24

I wrote the Nutcracker Ballet music.

Accepted Answer

Tchaikovsky

Question 25

What Music Period came after the Romantic Period?

Accepted Answer

Contemporary

Question 26

I worked for the church as a composer & organist and was put in jail by a duke when I tried to quit a job.

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 27

Did Stravinsky know Pablo Picasso?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Name the Eras of music in order from oldest to most recent (the order that we learned about them.

Accepted Answer

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic & 20th Century

Question 29

I wrote The Four Seasons, and was asked to play for the Pope, twice.

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Composer Quiz! - 6th Grade

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Composer Quiz! - 6th Grade

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