Classical Composers

Question 1

1685-1750, baroque, Germany, Cantatas, Tough Deadlines, weekly service
Brandenburg Concertos
The Well-tempered Clavier
Goldberg Variations
Toccata and Fugue in D

Answer 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 2

1756-1791, classical, Austrian (Salzburg)
41 symphonies, Italian operas, died at 35 (requiem)
Dad=Leopold
Serenade #13: eine kleine nacht-musik
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Magic Flute
Jupiter/Allegro Viviance

Answer 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 3

1770-1827, Romantic era, Deaf, Ode to Joy
Third Eroica Symphony 
Choral Symphony 
Pupil of Haydn 
Fur Elise (bagatelle #25)
Fidelio (opera) 
Symphony #5 (Dun dun dun DUN)

Answer 3

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 4

1567-1643, late renaissance/early baroque, king of Madrigal, father of operatic form
“L’Orfeo” Orpheus and Euridyce

Answer 4

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 5

1685-1759, German/British baroque composer
Christmas! Hallelujah chorus, music for the royal fireworks
Messiah
Water Music

Answer 5

George Friedric Handel

Question 6

1678-1741, had asthma 
Baroque 
Priest with Red Hair, Venice 
Four Seasons (La Quattro Stagioni)
Wrote a piece for the recorder
Bassoon/mandolin 
The storm at sea
Pa/Papa
Furioso (Orlando)

Answer 6

Antonio Vivaldi

Question 7

1862-1918, impressionist master/faun portraying composer
Claire De Lune
Suite Bergamasque
Play of Waves
La Mer (the great wave Japanese painting)
Children’s corner
As You Like It Opera

Answer 7

Claude Debussy

Question 8

1840-1893, ballets, symphonies, concertos, Moscow Conservatory 
1812 overture 
Swan Lake
The Nutcracker
Sleeping Beauty
Maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc)

Answer 8

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 9

1732-1809, 100 Symphonies
Classical, Austrian
Friend of Mozart 
Drumroll Surprise 
“Father of Symphony”
Surprise Symphony (#94)
London Symphonies
Franz=middle name
German National Anthem
“The Creation”
Farewell Symphony

Answer 9

Joseph Haydn

Question 10

1797-1828, died at 31
Austrian
Late classical/early romantic
Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel (wrote it at 17)
“Unfinished Symphony”
German songs but born in Vienna
Ave Maria (inspired by Goethe)
The Erl King

Answer 10

Franz Schubert

Question 11

1810-1849, died at 39
Polish-French 
Pianist of Romantic era 
Tuberculosis (“mother, my poor mother”)
Buried at Pere Lachaise
Polonaise (age 7)
George Sand=lover 
Crusader for Polish independence 
The Minute Waltz

Answer 11

Frederic Chopin

Question 12

1813-1883, German, leitmotifs
The Ring Cycle (ring of the nibelung)
Valkyrie (brunhilde)
New Year’s cantatas 
Tristan und Isolde
Married Liszt’s daughter Comisa
The Flying Dutchman 
Parsifal/Lohengrin

Answer 12

Richard Wagner

Question 13

1833-1897, German composer and pianist (romantic) Hamburg
Great master of symphonic and sonata style
One of the Three B’s
Lullaby
Rivalry with Wagner
Tragic Overture
Fell asleep during Liszt’s concert

Answer 13

Johannes Brahms

Question 14

1882-1971, Russian, died at 89
The Rite of Spring (fantasia)
Left Russia and never went back 
Symphony in C
The Rake’s Progress
The Firebird

Answer 14

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

Question 15

Czech (one of the first Czech’s to receive worldwide recognition)
Good at Violin
Inspired by America
Friend of Brahms
New World Symphony (native American/African American spirituals)
Dvorak=QWERTY
The American Flag

Answer 15

Antonin Dvorak

Question 16

1811-1886, Hungarian Pianist
Claimed Beethoven saw him perform as a child
Friends with Victor Hugo
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Influenced by Chopin
Lived in Pest
Roger Daltry played him in movie 
Mephisto Waltz
Daughter=Cosima 
Funeral March for Maximilian

Answer 16

Franz Liszt

Question 17

1864-1949, German, German romanticism 
Don Quixote tone poem 
Salomé (based on Oscar Wilde play)
-John the Baptist is beheaded
-Dance of Seven Veils for Herod
Elektra 
Lieder
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Also Sprach Zarathustra)
Der Rosenklavier (comic opera): Knight of the Rose

Answer 17

Richard Strauss