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This composer was called the successor to Beethoven by Robert Schumann
Who is Johannes Brahms
100
This composer was more famous than her husband due to her tours of Europe playing the piano.
Who is Clara Schumann
100
This was the year of revolutions all across Europe
What is 1848
100
Name one of Tchaikovsky's ballets
What is Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake
100
This symphony of Beethoven's was considered to be the greatest creation of mankind by many of the Romantic composers
What is the 9th Symphony
200
This composer was the waltz king of Vienna
Who is Johann Strauss II (Jr.)
200
This composer was one of the first Romantic composers and died a year after Beethoven
Who is Franz Schubert
200
This is the name of a group of nationalist Russian composers
What is the Mighty Handful
200
This is Hector Berlioz's most famous symphony
What is "Symphonie Fantastique"
200
This composer was a child prodigy
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
300
This composer taught at the Ecole Niedermeyer and was reviled later and life and for many years after his Death
Who is Camille Saint-Saens
300
This composer was a student of Saint-Saens and a choirmaster and organist at a church in Paris
Who is Gabriel Faure
300
This composer incorporated folk music and themes from his native Norway into his music
What is Edvard Grieg
300
This composer was a devout Catholic who composed many sacred works
What is Anton Bruckner
300
This composer is credited with developing the symphony to it's modern form
Who is Joseph Haydn
400
This composer revived Bach's music in public concerts
Who is Felix Mendelsohn
400
This composer was the most famous of the Russian Composers
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
400
This composer actually participated in one of the revolutions that took place in Dresden, Germany
Who is Richard Wagner
400
Name a composition of Modest Muggorsky
What is "Picture's at an Exhibition," "Night on Bald Mountain," "Boris Godunov"
400
Chistoph Gluck reformed this style of music
What is opera
500
This composer became one of the first professional conductors when he thought his music wasn't being performed correctly
Who is Hector Berlioz
500
This Czech composer composed one of his symphonies in Missouri
Who is Antonin Dvorak
500
This composer's name was used as a rally cry in Italy for nationalists
Who is Giuseppe Verdi (VERDI)
500
This Aleksandr Borodin's famous opera
What is "Prince Igor"
500
Beethoven said the opening of his 5th Symphony was this "...knocking on the door"
What is fate