Conductors
This Italian conductor succeeded Herbert von Karajan as the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic
Who is Claudio Abbado?
This Austrian philosopher's brother was a notable concert pianist who lost his right arm during the First World War
Who is Ludwig Wittgenstein?
The cover of the 1905 edition of the printed score for La Mer featured this artist's The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Who is Katsushika Hokusai?
This Finnish conductor and composer has written 342 symphonies as of September 2020
Who is Leif Segerstam?
Nikolai Myaskovsky won this award five times, more than any other composer
What is the (State) Stalin Prize?
Anton Bruckner tipped this conductor with a coin after a rehearsal of his Romantic Symphony
Who is Hans Richter?
This conductor and pianist premiered his father's second piano concerto during his graduation from the Moscow Conservatory
Who is Maxim Shostakovich?
Ottorino Respighi wrote a musical triptych on paintings by this artist of La primavera and La nascita di Venere
Who is Sandro Botticelli? (Who is Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi?)
This Russian composer is most famous for his three piano concertos and his 38 Skazki, or Fairy Tales, for solo piano
Who is Nikolai Medtner?
Mozart's Violin Sonata No. 21 is the only instrumental work he wrote in this key signature
What is E minor?
This Latvian conductor was the music director of the Oslo Philharmonic from 1979 to 2000; he passed away in 2019
Who is Mariss Jansons?
This playwright wrote the libretti to his brother's operas The Queen of Spades and Iolanta
Who is Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This non-Rachmaninoff composer wrote four tone poems after Arnold Bocklin, including Playing in the waves and Isle of the Dead
Who is Max Reger?
This pupil of Franz Liszt composed a Piano Sonata in B-flat minor and the Organ Sonata on the 94th Psalm before dying at age 24
Who is Julius Reubke?
After Gustav Mahler's death, Alma Mahler married this architect, and later, this novelist (both names required)
Who are Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel?
This conductor premiered Holst's The Planets and became the BBC's director of music in 1930
Who is Sir Adrian Boult?
This violinist and composer of the Asrael Symphony was also Antonin Dvorak's son-in-law
Who is Josef Suk?
Henri Dutilleux's Timbres, espace, mouvement was subtitled for this famous painting
What is The Starry Night?
This composer wrote 11 numbered symphonies, including No. 1 "An das Vaterland", No.5 "Lenore" and No. 11 "Der Winter"
Who is Joachim Raff?
Francis Poulenc wrote a melodrama for narrator and piano based on this Jean de Brunhoff character
Who is Babar?
This conductor succeeded George Szell as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1972
Who is Lorin Maazel?
This musician was one of the most prominent players of the Ondes Martenot; her sister was the second wife of Olivier Messiaen
Who is Jeanne Loriod?
This symphonic poem by Franz Liszt is based on a painting of the same name by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
What is Hunnenschlacht? (What is The Battle of the Huns?)
This composer's operas include Die Zaubergeige, Columbus and Peer Gynt
Who is Werner Egk?
This group of composers, which included Ottorino Respighi, Alfredo Casella, and Franco Alfano, focused on writing instrumental works rather than operas
What is the generazione dell'ottanta? (What is the generation of (18)80?)