Published: Saturday 13th March 2021A free quiz about the music and life of the great composers.
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In a poll in 2020 by BBC Music Magazine, who was voted the Greatest Composer of all time?
J S Bach.
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On which instrument was Sergei Rachmaninov a virtuoso player?
Piano.
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Which 20th Century German composer is featured on the cover of The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's" album?
Karl Heinz Stockhausen.
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In Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", which instrument represents the cat?
Clarinet.
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Which British composer was related to both Charles Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood?
Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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According to his birth record, which Italian composer was born "Yesterday"?
Verdi.
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Which of Shostakovich's symphonies was nicknamed "The Leningrad"?
Symphony no. 7.
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Who composed the 20th Century silent piece entitled "4' 3'"?
John Cage.
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What nationality was composer Bela Bartok?
Hungarian.
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Which Midlands football club did composer Edward Elgar support?
Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Which composer is celebrated in his home country with a flag day on 8th December each year?
Sibelius (Finland).
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How many symphonies were composed by Brahms?
Four.
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Which ballet by Tchaikovsky made its premiere the week before Christmas 1892?
The Nutcracker.
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Which Austrian composer was born in the same year as George Washington and died in the year Abraham Lincoln was born?
Joseph Haydn.
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Who wrote the opera "Porgy and Bess"?
George Gershwin.
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Which Benjamin Britten opera had its premiere reaping the Sadler's Well theatre in 1945?
Peter Grimes.
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Which composer had the nickname "Little Mushroom" due to his short but stout stature?
Schubert.
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Who in 1930 composed "The Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D" for pianist Paul Wittenstein who lost his right arm in WW1?
Ravel.
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How long should Chopin's "Minute Waltz" take to perform?
1.5 to 2 minutes.
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Lasting between 90 to 105 minutes, whose symphony is the longest in the standard repertoire?
Mahler's Symphony no 3.
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