Brahms & Schumanns
Wagner/Strauss/Mahler
Russian Composers
Dvorak/Grieg/Sibelius
Off the Wall Tidbits of Information
100
This composer discovered Brahms.
Robert Schumann
100
Mahler died in what year?
1911
100
Which Russian composer came before the Russian Five?
Glinka
100
What year did Sibelius die?
1957
100
How did Tchaikovsky try to kill himself?
Jumped in a river and tried to catch pneumonia.
200
What talent was Brahms able to do while playing piano?
He could read books at the same time.
200
What opera did Wagner perform in at age 30?
Lohengrin
200
What music did Tchaikovsky like best?
Western Music
200
At what age did Dvorak play violin for guest at his fathers inn?
age 7
200
How did Tchaikovsky actually die?
From drinking bad water
300
Who was Robert Schumann's Wife?
Clara
300
Wagner was called by what nickname?
A musician of the future
300
Who was the most influential of the Russian Five?
Rimsky Korsakov
300
What age did Grieg start composing?
age 9
300
What type of composers were Sibelius, Grieg, and Dvorak?
nationalists
400
Who was Brahms in love with?
Clara Schumann
400
Strauss's most famous opera?
Rosenkavalier
400
What is Tchikovsky's most famous ballet?
The Nutcracker
400
Who was one of the last nationalists?
Jean Sibelius
400
What baroque composer was famous for working in Leipzig?
Bach
500
Brahms died in what year?
1897
500
Mahler's 8th symphony was known by what nickname?
Symphony for 1000.
500
What is another name for the Russian Five?
The Mighty Handful
500
When did his parents send him to study in Germany?
age 15
500
What Romantic composer was born in Leipzig?
Wagner
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