Composer Stats
17: Haydn
17: Mozart
18: Beethoven
19: The Early Romantics
100

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?

100

Haydn was a mentor and close friend of this composer.

Who is Mozart?

100

Mozart died at this age.

What is 35 years of age?

100

This sense was fleeting from the composer by the time he was 44. 

What is functional deafness? 

100

This pianist-composer is credited with rediscovering J. S. Bach's music.

Who is Felix Mendelssohn?

200

55 symphonies, Requiem, 23 piano concertos, 15 other concertos, 26 string quartets, 19 piano sonatas, 20 operas, 17 masses.

Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

200

This symphony features a slow and soft second movement that is suddenly followed by a loud chord.

What is "Surprise Symphony"?

200

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?

200

This was Beethoven's last symphony that defied convention and incorporated a unique element.

What is Symphony No. 9, "Choral Symphony"?

200

Franz Schubert was a pioneer in mastering this Romantic style, exemplified by more than six hundred songs.

What is the Romantic Lied?

300

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?

300

This nickname signifies what tradition Haydn is most famous for establishing.

Who is "Father of the Symphony"?

300

Mozart was considered to be this when he toured Europe with his father and sister.

What is a child prodigy?

300

This powerful piece has one of the most recognizable motifs in classical music.

What is Beethoven's fifth symphony?

300

After Robert's death, Clara Schumann continued to perform and teach, but stopped doing this.

What is composing? 

400

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?

400

Of his many symphonies, only 11 of Haydn's symphonies were written in this type of key.

What are Haydn's 11 minor symphonies?

400

One of his most famous works, this piece was left unfinished at the time of his death.

What is "Requiem"?

400

This hypothetical work was put together in combination with his last string quartet works and sketchbook notes.

What is Beethoven's Tenth Symphony?

400

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?

500

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?

500

Haydn spent nearly thirty years at the court of this person.

Who is Prince Paul Anton Esterházy (and his brother Nikolaus)?

500

This opera, in the year following Figaro, features the medieval legend of Don Juan.

What is Don Giovanni?

500

After the death of his brother Casper in 1815, Beethoven became guardian to this family member.

Who is his nephew, Karl?

500

This Polish pianist toured Vienna and Germany in 1830, soon settling in Paris after the failed Polish revolt against Russia. 

Who is Fryderyk Chopin?