Music Trivia Quizzes

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Alpahabet Soup Alphabet Soup We'll provide you with the initials of composers and a clue designed to help you guess the identities. Another Bowl of Alphabet Soup! Hungry for more?  Bach Bach... Johann Sebastian Bach Test your knowledge of the Baroque era's best-known composer! Bach Which of these statements about Bach are true and which are not? Bachelorhood Several prominent composers were lifelong bachelors. See if you can guess their identities by these clues.   Beethoven Beethoven! Test your knowledge of the thundering Classical titan! Beethovenfest! A Beethovenfest edition of the quiz. (WCPE honors the great composer every December during a multi-day "Beethovenfes"t!)  More Beethovenfest! See how much you know about the composer we honor during Beethovenfest... Beethoven - True or False? Which of the statements below about Beethoven are true and which are not? Hector Berlioz How much do you know about this great composer? Brahms Brahms Find out about Brahms' vices... and more!  Brahms - True or False? Which of the following statements about Brahms are true and which are not? Chopin How much do you know about this master of the piano miniature? Debussy How much do you know about this French composer? Dvorak Find out about Dvorak in America... and more! First Name Basis First Name Basis A composer will often be identified solely by his/her last name. Do you know the first names? First Name Basis, Part 2! More fun with names! First Name Basis, Part 3 Just can't get enough! Haydn Papa! Test your knowledge of Franz Josef Haydn. Honey, Have You Seen My Kochel Catalog? Many composers used opus numbers as a way to catalog compositions. There have been a few intrepid souls who have taken it upon themselves to compile coherent catalogs of certain composers. See if you can match the composer with the cataloger's name. Liszt Which of these statements about Liszt are true and which are not?

Mendelssohn Which of the statements about Mendelssohn are true and which are not? The Mighty Five Which of the following statements about this influential group of Russian composers are true and which are not? Mozart Amadeus! Quiz yourself... how much do you know about our favorite child prodigy? Mozart Madness! Every January we celebrate "Mozart Madness"... and we go plum loco over this great composer during this week-long celebration! How much do you know about "the Eternal Child"? My Country 'Tis of Thee! Guess the nationality of various well-known (and not so well-known) composers! Nicknames Many works of classical music have nicknames provided either by the composer or someone else. Shown below are the proper names of ten works! See if you can guess the nickname with which each is associated. The Numbers Game! The answer to each of these questions is a number. See if your 'figures' add up! Opera Opera Lovers! Whether you're a relative newcomer to opera or you've been a fan for years, test your knowledge on the subject. What's Opera, Doc? This quiz is definitely for opera buffs! Mmm, Mmm, More Opera More trivia for opera buffs! See if you can guess the opera by the clue provided. Rossini & Verdi Two great composers, one great quiz! Rule Brittania! Holst, Handel, Elgar... all things British! Schubert Schubert Which of these statements about Schubert are true and which are not? Franz Schubert & Robert Schumann Do you know the difference between these two influential composers? The Strauss Family Which of these statements about the Strauss family are true and which are not? Tchaikovsky Which of these statements about Tchaikovsky are true and which are not? When I'm Sixty-Four When I'm Sixty-Four Franz Liszt lived 75 years. Sibelius lived 92 years. Not all composers had such lengthy lifespans. See how much you know about the ones listed in this quiz. When I'm Sixty-Four, Part Two! We had such a great response to our first "When I'm Sixty-Four" quiz, that we've created another! Rest In Peace Not all famous composers died peacefully at a ripe old age. See if you can identify the composer by the clue provided. Wintertime! See if you can tell which composer or work is being describing by the "frosty" clues.

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