Composer Stats
9 symphonies, 11 overtures, 5 piano concertos, a violin concerto, 16 string quartets, 9 piano trios, 10 violin sonatas, 5 cello sonatas, 32 piano sonatas.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Haydn was a mentor and close friend of this composer.
Who is Mozart?
Mozart died at this age.
What is 35 years of age?
This sense was fleeting from the composer by the time he was 44.
What is functional deafness?
This pianist-composer is credited with rediscovering J. S. Bach's music.
Who is Felix Mendelssohn?
55 symphonies, Requiem, 23 piano concertos, 15 other concertos, 26 string quartets, 19 piano sonatas, 20 operas, 17 masses.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This symphony features a slow and soft second movement that is suddenly followed by a loud chord.
What is "Surprise Symphony"?
Mozart started composing at a very young age; this piece was written when he was only 8 years old.
What is Mozart's first symphony?
This was Beethoven's last symphony that defied convention and incorporated a unique element.
What is Symphony No. 9, "Choral Symphony"?
Franz Schubert was a pioneer in mastering this Romantic style, exemplified by more than six hundred songs.
What is the Romantic Lied?
104 symphonies, 20 concertos, 68 string quartets, 29 keyboard trios, 126 baryton trois, 47 keyboard sonatas, 15 operas, 12 masses.
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn?
This nickname signifies what tradition Haydn is most famous for establishing.
Who is "Father of the Symphony"?
Mozart was considered to be this when he toured Europe with his father and sister.
What is a child prodigy?
This powerful piece has one of the most recognizable motifs in classical music.
What is Beethoven's fifth symphony?
After Robert's death, Clara Schumann continued to perform and teach, but stopped doing this.
What is composing?
89 dances, 4 ballades, 4 scherzos, 21 nocturnes, 27 études, 27 preludes, 2 piano concertos, 3 piano sonatas, 4 chamber works, and 20 songs.
Who is Fryderyk Chopin?
Of his many symphonies, only 11 of Haydn's symphonies were written in this type of key.
What are Haydn's 11 minor symphonies?
One of his most famous works, this piece was left unfinished at the time of his death.
What is "Requiem"?
This hypothetical work was put together in combination with his last string quartet works and sketchbook notes.
What is Beethoven's Tenth Symphony?
This composer was sent to medical school by his parents when he was 17, but abandoned medicine to compose operas, studying at the Paris Conservatory.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
5 symphonies, a violin concerto, 2 piano concertos, 4 overtures, incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2 oratorios, piano and organ pieces, choral works, and songs.
Who is Felix Mendelssohn?
Haydn spent nearly thirty years at the court of this person.
Who is Prince Paul Anton Esterházy (and his brother Nikolaus)?
This opera, in the year following Figaro, features the medieval legend of Don Juan.
What is Don Giovanni?
After the death of his brother Casper in 1815, Beethoven became guardian to this family member.
Who is his nephew, Karl?
This Polish pianist toured Vienna and Germany in 1830, soon settling in Paris after the failed Polish revolt against Russia.