Classical Era

Composers

100

What is the name of the classical composer who is known as a child prodigy who played piano and violin efficiently by age 6.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

200

This composer taught Beethoven when he was 17 years old. Beethoven didn't like his lessons very much. 

Franz Josef Haydn 

300

Which composer composed 9 total symphonies?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

400

Which of the three composers wrote the song played in this video? 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

500

Which composer wrote the piece in this video?

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Franz Josef Haydn

Categories of Music

100

These were performances of music that had a story, costumes, and were staged. 

Opera

200

When these were performed, they would feature a solo artist playing an instrument but that solo artist would be backed by an orchestra. 

Concierto

300

These would involve a whole orchestra. 

Symphony

400

Haydn was a pioneer of this. A group of four instruments. 

String Quartet

500

A piece that is played and not sung. 

Sonata

Famous Works

100

What is the title of Mozart's last opera?

The Magic Flute

200

What is the name of the Beethoven piece that uses the "fate knocking at your door" motif?

Symphony No. 5

300

Which Beethoven piece included the movement known as "Ode to Joy?"

Symphony No. 9

400

What Haydn piece was used to jokingly wake the prince of Austria up at royal concerts?

Symphony No. 94 (Surprise)

500

Name the sonata in the minor mode that Mozart wrote. 

Sonata in A-Minor

Musical Terms

100

What form of opera was considered "serious?"

Opera Seria

200

What form of opera was considered funny?

Opera Buffa

300

What is the technical term for the lyrics and script of an opera?

Libretto

400

The musical structure that consists of an exposition, a development, and recapitulation is known as what?

Sonata Form.

500

What were the different parts of a parent piece of music called?

Movements

Miscellaneous

100

Mozart wrote his first sonata at age 12. 

True or False

True.

200

Beethoven was involved in a 5-year custody battle over his nephew.

True or False. 

True

300

What is the third category of opera that introduces scattered pieces of spoken dialogue. 

Singspiel

400

How many days would it take to perform ALL of Mozart's music back to back. 

9 Days. 

500

True or False.

Future composer Haydn cut somebody's hair from behind while performing in a choir concert. 

True.