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718354905What Austrian composer of the oratorio The Seasons is best known for his 106 symphonies, including 17851s the Hen, the Farewell, and the Surprise?Haydn
718354906This composer's works include four Brilliant Grand Waltzes and the posthumously published FantaisieImpromptu [fan-tay-zee am-prom-too]. This inventor of the ballade [bah-LAHD] form wrote 27 piano etudes [AY-toodz], including the Revolutionary Etude. For 10 points-name this Polish-born composer known for mazurkas and the "Minute Waltz."Chopin
718354907]ephtha [JEF-thuh] was the last oratorio by this composer whose orchestral works include Opus 6 - a set of 12 concerti grossi [kohn-CHAIR-tee GROH-see] - and three other suites that premiered on the royal barge and are known as Water Music. For 10 points -name this German whose "Hallelujah" chorus appears in his Messiah.Handel
718354908What composer, whose three symphonies include The Age of Anxiety and Kaddish [KAH-dish], wrote the music for On the Tawn, Candide [kahn-DEED], and West Side Story?Bernstein
718354909The Second Symphony by this composer of the Manfred Symphony is nicknamed "Little Russian." He composed an opera based on an Aleksandr Pushkin poem, Eugene Onegin [ohn-YAY-gin], and a ballet featuring the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." For 10 points-name this Russian composer of The Nutcracker.Tchaikovsky
718354910Elijah is an oratorio by which German composer who wrote the Hebrides [HEH-brih-deezl Overture, and, at age 17, an overture for A Midsummer Night's Dream?Mendelssohn
718354911L' Orfeo was written by this Northern Italian composer of Vespers of the Blessed Virgin often considered the transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque eras of music.Monteverdi
718354912What composer of an 1896 Egyptian Piano Concerto, his fifth, also wrote an Organ Symphony, the Danse Macabre [dahns mah-kahb], and The Carnival of the Animals?Saint-Saens
718354913What composer of Fanfare for the Common Man and Lincoln Portrait is best known for a ballet he wrote for Martha Graham, Appalachian Spring?Copland
718354914This composer wrote his Italian Concerto for harpsichord, an instrument he played at the premiere of his Brandenburg Concerto No.5. Name this German Baroque composer of The Well-Tempered Clavier.Bach
718354915What composer created a work with movements subtitled "the Mystic," "the Bringer of Jollity," and "the Bringer of War," the astrology-inspired The Planets?Holst
718354916What composer of Pohjola 1 s [poh-YOH-lah 1 s] Daughter represented a legendary bird with an English horn in The Swan of Tuonela [too-oh-NEH-Iah] and wrote Valse triste [vahlz trist] and Finlandia?Sibelius
718354917What British composer of The Dream of Gerontius Uuh-RON-tee-us] wrote a 1919 Cello Concerto in E minor, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, and the Enigma Variations?Elgar
718354918The operas Mazeppa and The Queen of Spades are by which Russian composer of the ballet Swan Lake and the tale of Clara and her toy, The Nutcracker?Tchaikovsky
718354919Wellington's Victory is the Battle Symphony by which composer of the Emperor Concerto whose Ninth Symphony ends with a setting of the "Ode to Joy"?Beethoven
718354920What Viennese composer of the song cycle Winterreise [VEEN-tur-RYE-zuh] also wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel," the Trout Quintet, and an Unfinished Symphony?Schubert
718354921Which German composer of the oratorio Elijah had a sister Fanny who was also a composer, and wrote a Scottish Symphony and the Hebrides [HEB-rih-deez] Overture?Mendelssohn
718354922Which Hungarian piano virtuoso composed the Hungarian Rhapsodies and the "Mephisto Waltz"?Liszt
718354923The Hungarian Dances are violin pieces by this German composer also known for a Double Concerto in A minor for violin and cello.Brahms
718354924The Archduke Trio is a chamber work by this composer whose only oratorio was Christ on the Mount of Olives. He wrote five piano concertos and 32 piano sonatas, including the (*) Moonlight Sonata. For 10 points-name this German who set the poem "Ode to Joy" in his choral Ninth Symphony.Beethoven
718354925The two most frequently performed operas in the U.S., Madame Butterfly and La Boheme [lah boh-em], were composed by the same man. Name that Italian composer.Puccini
718354926Peter and the Wolf's by this composer who also did the score for Sergei Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky.Prokofiev
718354927This man's symphonies include a Ninth known as the "Great," and an "Unfinished" Eighth. Name this Viennese composer.Schubert
718354928A choms from this composer's Nabucco [nah-BOO-koh] was sung at his funeral, though he is better known for operas about a Mantuan court jester and the love of Radames [rah-dah-MAYSS] for an (*) Ethiopian princess. For 10 points - name this composer of Rigoletto [ree-goh-LA YT -toh] and Aida ["eye" -EE-dah].Verdi
718354929One composer's final symphony is known as the London Symphony. Name that "Father of the Symphony" who also wrote the Surprise Symphony.Haydn
718354930This composer's works include one in 14 movements, each dedicated to a friend, and the march used in "Land of Hope and Glory." IINimrod" appears in the (*) Enigma Variations by-for 10 points-which British composer of the Pomp and Circumstance Marches often heard at graduations?Elgar
718354931This composer reworked the final movement of his Mass in B minor to mirror the closing of its own "Gloria" section; that "Gloria" was itself a reworking of one of his over 200 cantatas. For 10 points-name this Baroque composer of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Goldberg Variations.Bach
718354932Symphony of Psalms is from this composer's Neoclassical period. He wrote a work about a living puppet for Sergei Diaghilev [dee-AH-gih-Ieff], while a girl dances herself to death in another ballet whose premier saw a riot. For 10 points-name this Russian composer of Petrushka [peh-TROOSH-kah] and The Rite of Spring.Stravinsky
718354933This Russian composer of The Nutcracker also wrote Swan Lake.Tchaikovsky
718354934Artur Rubinstein specialized in the music of this compatriot composer, who included a "Funeral March" in his Piano Sonata No.2. His other works include a "Fantasie Impromptu" and 27 etudes [AY-toodz]. For 10 points - name this pianist who wrote more than 50 mazurkas based on dances of his native Poland.Chopin
718354935Messiah is a work by this German-born composer of Music for the Royal Fireworks.Handel
718354936Works by this composer born in 1900 include a ballet for Martha Graham, Appalachian Spring, and the bombastic "Fanfare for the Common Man."Copland
718354937This longtime conductor of the New York Philharmonic wrote three symphonies and the ballet Fancy Free, though he's better known for a musical about Tony and Maria.Bernstein
718354938According to the Grove Dictionary, this composer of "Oh! Susanna" was the first American to make a living solely as a composer of music.Foster
718354939One composer's "Great Crush Collision March" was inspired by a train wreck. Name that "King of Ragtime" who wrote "The Entertainer."Joplin
718354940Glenn Gould popularized a set of 30 variations by this German composer who also wrote a set of six instrumental works for a Prussian margrave. The Goldberg Variations are by-for 10 points-what Baroque composer of The Well-Tempered Clavier [kluh-VEER] and the Brandenburg Concertos?Bach
718354941The Ring cycle was written by this German composer of Tristan and Isolde [ee-ZOHL-duh].Wagner
718354942This composer wrote a work named for the Liberty Bell as well as the opera El Capitan. From 1880 to 1892 he conducted the u.S. Marine Band; his namesake (*) instrument is a modified tuba. For 10 points-name this American "March King" who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever."Sousa
718354943Rigoletto is an opera by this composer of Falstaff and Nabucco [nah-BOO-koh].Verdi
718354944One composer is known for an overture to Egmont and the Moonlight Sonata. Name that German whose Fifth Symphony is known for its opening four-note motif.Beethoven
718354945Which 20th-century American composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue as well as An American in Paris?Gershwin
718354946This Italian imitated a thunderstorm in the final movement of the second concerto in his Four Seasons.Vivaldi
718354947This German included a "Scene by the Brook" in the second movement of his Pastoral Symphony.Beethoven
718354948This Italian represented the Triton Fountain in the morning in the second movement of his Fountains of Rome.Respighi
718354949A clarinet and an oboe represent a cat and a duck, respectively, in this Russian composer's Peter and The Wolf.Prokofiev
718354950This composer of a ballet featuring a repetitive snare drum rhythm wrote his Mother Goose Suite for Mimi and Jean Godebski, the children of his friends.Ravel
718354951This man worked his feelings about the suppression of the November Uprising into his Revolutionary Etude [ay-tood] and never returned to his home country afterward. His works include 4 impromptus, 58 mazurkas, and 17 polonaises [poh-Iuh-NEZ-iz]. For 10 points-name this Romantic composer from Poland.Chopin
718354952This Italian composer of Aida [ah-EE-dah] wrote the aria "La donna e mobile" [lah DOHN-nah ay MOH-bee-Iay] for the opera Rigoletto [REE-goh-LAYT-toh], whose title jester is also a hunchback.Verdi
718354953This English composer, who worked with the librettist W. S. Gilbert on The Pirates of Penzance, included a jester in his opera Yeoman of the Guard.Sullivan
718354954This composer's most frequently performed work is his one-act Pagliacci [P AH-Iee-AH-chee], in which a clown reacts murderously to the unfaithfulness of his wife.Leoncavallo
718354955This composer used arias written by Picander in his longest work, the St. Matthew Passion. He also wrote six suites for solo cello, and preludes and fugues in every major and minor key in his Well-Tempered Clavier. For 10 points - name this Baroque composer of the Brandenburg Concertos.Bach
718354956This composer of The King and I and South Pacific wrote the score for The Sound of Music.Rodgers
718354957Though he lived most of his life in Vienna, this composer born in Hamburg is known for his Academic Festival Overture and A German Requiem [REK-wee-um].Brahms
718354958"Little Russian" is the nickname of the Second Symphony of this composer, who also wrote an overture that calls for cannon fire.Tchaikovsky
718354959This composer's Opus 29 was inspired by an Arnold Bocklin painting depicting a rowboat on the River Styx, The Isle of the Dead. Another of his works has 24 variations on a violin caprice [kuh-PREES]. For 10 points-name this 20th-century Russian composer of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.Rachmaninoff
718354960This composer wrote an opera that ends with the title character asking for mercy for Magnifico and his daughters, La Cenerentola [lah CHEH-nay-REN-toh-Iah]. In another work, the title character sings he is "like a thunderbolt" in the aria "Largo al factotum" [LAR-ghoh al fahk-TOH-toom], while in a third, the title character must shoot an apple off his son's head. For 10 points-name this Italian composer of The Barber of Seville and William Tell.Rossini
718354961William Cummings' hymn tune, used for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing," is adapted from an 1840 cantata by this composer. Name this German composer of the Scottish and Italian symphonies.Mendelssohn
718354962Mendelssohn also helped revive the work of this composer whose Eighth Symphony is simply called Unfinished.Schubert
718354963This composer used an A-E-F motif in his Double Concerto for violin and cello. He also wrote a Tragic Overture and a set of orchestral dances based on folk melodies; after the death of his mother, he wrote a work whose libretto is drawn from the Luther Bible. Hans von Bulow called this man's First Symphony "Beethoven's Tenth." For 10 points-name this German composer of the Hungarian Dances and A German Requiem.Brahms
718354964Turandot was left unfinished by this composer of La Boheme [boh-EM] and Tosca.Puccini
718354965This composer wrote The Cuckoo and the Nightingale, a concerto for organ in F major, and the keyboard work The Harmonious Blacksmith. He also wrote an oratorio with the soprano aria "I know that my Redeemer liveth," and a set of three (*) suites for a performance on the Thames. For 10 points-name this German-born Baroque composer of Water Music who wrote the "Hallelujah" Chorus in Messiah.Handel
718354966This composer wrote the operas Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods as part of his Ring cycle.Wagner
718354967This man's cycling trip to Algeria influenced his Beni Mora. He wrote The Mystic Trumpeter, a setting of a Walt Whitman poem, while he worked at St. Paul's Girls' School. The Rig Veda and Sanskrit influenced several of his works, including the chamber opera (*) Savitri. He is best known, though, for a seven-movement suite inspired by astrology. For 10 points-name this British composer of The Planets.Holst
718354968A serenade from this composer's Don Procopio [proh-KOH-pee-oh] was recycled for Henry Smith in his The Fair Maid of Perth. Another of his works features a love triangle between Nadir, Zurga, and Leila. This composer of The Pearl Fishers also wrote an opera in which the deaths of the title character and her lover, Don Jose, are predicted by a pair of gypsies. For 10 points-name this French composer of Carmen.Bizet
718354969This composer's works include "Short Story," a duet for piano and violin, and the one-act opera Blue Monday. After a trip to Havana, he wrote Rumba, which is now known as his Cuban Overture. He also wrote an opera in which Clara sings "Summertime" on Catfish Row. For 10 points-name this American composer of Porgy and Bess, An American in Paris, and Rhapsody in Blue.Gershwin
718354970This French composer wrote "Golliwog's Cakewalk" as well as Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun".Debussy
718354971Lorenz Hart wrote the lyrics to "Blue Moon" and "My Funny Valentine," but Hartis poor health led this composer to find a new partner, starting with Oklahoma!Rodgers
718354972His Symphony No. 38 has the nickname "Prague." Name this Viennese composer who died in 1791.Mozart
718354973The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by this British composer, whose other works include Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar.Webber
718354974This composer's Hebrides [HEB-ruh-deezl Overture is commonly called "Fingal's Cave."Mendelssohn
718354975Glenn Gould popularized a set of 30 variations by this German composer who also wrote a set of six instrumental works for a Prussian margrave. The Goldberg Variations are by what baroque composer of The Well-Tempered Clavier [kluh-FEER] and the Brandenburg Concertos?Bach
718354976Who composed Number 9, Choral, including "Ode to Joy"?Beethoven
718354977Who composed Number 2, Little Russian?Tchaikovsky
718354978Who composed Number 8, Symphony of a Thousand?Mahler
718354979Who composed Number 94, Surprise?Haydn
718354980Who composed Symphony Fantastique [fahn-tahs-teek]?Berlioz
718354981Who composed Number 41, Jupiter?Mozart
718354982Who composed Number 8, Unfinished, started in 1822?Schubert
718354983Who composed Number 3, Kaddish [KAH-dish]?Bernstein
718354984Who composed Number 3, Scottish?Mendelssohn
718354985What composer of an 1868 Piano Concerto in A minor, his only one, included "Morning Mood" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" in his Peer Gynt?Grieg
718354986This composer's piano sonatas include Les Adieux [lay zah-DYOO] and Hammerklavier, written after his Heiligenstadt [HYE-lih-ghin-shtaht] Testament. His vocal works include the opera Fidelio [fee-DAY-lee-oh] and the finale of his Ninth Symphony. For 10 points—name this deaf German composer of the "Ode to Joy."Beethoven
718354987This British composer of The Planets also wrote a number of works inspired by Hinduism, such as Hymns from the Rig Veda [VAY-dah].Holst
718354988What American composer's works include a Piano Concerto in F, "Catfish Row," a Cuban Overture, "I Got Rhythm," An American in Paris, and Porgy and Bess?Gershwin
718354989Which composer of Gianni Schicci [JAH-nee SKEE-kee] wrote the aria "Nessun dorma" [NEH-soon DOR-mah] for Prince Calàf in Turandot [TOO-rin-DOT] and also wrote about the poor Rodolfo and Mimi in La Bohème [lah boh-em]?Puccini
718354990What composer of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is on the Washington, D.C. quarter and was a big band leader nicknamed "Duke"?Ellington
718354991One composer wrote two quintets, one for strings only, and one for piano and string quartet. Name that Viennese composer of hundreds of art songs, or Lieder ["leader"], and his Unfinished Symphony.Schubert
718354992What French composer's piano works include the Children's Corner Suite and the Suite Bergamasque [BAIR-gahmahsk], whose third movement is "Clair de lune" [klayr duh loon]?Debussy
718354993This American composer of marches wrote such works as "The Washington Post March" and "The Stars and Stripes Forever."Sousa
718354994He wrote the operas Idomeneo [ee-doh-may-NAY-oh] and The Abduction from the Seraglio [suh-RAH-lee-oh]. Name this Austrian composer of The Magic Flute.Mozart
718354995One composer with this last name wrote the Radetzky [ruh-DET-skee] March. Give this last name shared by composers Richard [REEK-hart], Johann the Elder, and Johann the Younger.Strauss
718354996Name this English composer who collaborated with W. S. Gilbert on comic operettas such as HMS Pinafore.Sullivan
718354997This man wrote "The Battle on the Ice" for his film score for Alexander Nevsky [NEV-skee]. The first of his seven symphonies is nicknamed "The Classical," while in his best-known work a narrator tells a story in which a duck is eaten. For 10 points—name this Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf.Prokofiev
718354998What composer's operas include Rienzi [ree-EN-zee], Parsifal [PAR-zih-fahl], and a work in which Brünnhilde [broon-HIL-duh] lights a funeral pyre that destroys Valhalla, Twilight of the Gods?Wagner
718354999What composer of the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius depicted his friends in music in the Enigma Variations and also wrote Pomp and Circumstance?Elgar
718355000This composer's Mountain Symphony is the first of his 13 symphonic poems, a term he is credited with inventing. He transcribed Beethoven's symphonies for piano, and his own piano works include the "Mephisto Waltz." For 10 points—name this composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies.Liszt
718355001Arrigo Boïto [AH-ree-goh BOH-ee-toh] wrote the libretti for this composer's last two operas, one about a "fat Knight" and another that includes the "Willow Song" sung by Desdemona. Falstaff and Otello [oh-TAYL-loh] are operas by—for 10 points—what Italian composer whose other operas include Rigoletto [ree-goh-LAYT-toh] and Aida [eye-EE-dah]?Verdi
718355002What composer, whose Clock Symphony is one of a collection of 12 London Symphonies, wrote over 100 of them, including the Surprise Symphony?Haydn
718355003This composer wrote symphonies known by the nicknames "Linz" and "Prague." Name this Austrian composer whose final symphony, in C major, ends with a five-theme fugue.Mozart
718355004This Italian composer of Tosca also wrote The Girl of the Golden West and Madame Butterfly.Puccini
718355005What composer used a theme from his ballet The Creatures of Prometheus [pruh-MEE-thee-uhs] in his Third Symphony, a work once dedicated to Napoleon and nicknamed Eroica [uh-ROH-ih-kuh]?Beethoven
718355006In 1832 this man conducted his own Symphony in C major, the year before his first opera, The Fairies, premiered. He collaborated on Rienzi [ree-EN-zee] with Giacomo Meyerbeer, whom he later attacked in his writings. In his later operas he developed the concept of associating ideas or characters with particular musical phrases called leitmotivs [LYTE-moh-teefs]. For 10 points—name this German composer of Tristan and Isolde [ee-ZOHL-deh] and The Flying Dutchman.Wagner
718355007This originator of the operatic recitative [reh-SIT-uh-tiv] was a music director at Venice's St. Mark's Basilica. His last two works were the operas The Return of Ulysses and The Coronation of Poppea. For 10 points—name this Italian composer of the oldest opera still performed, Orfeo [or-FAY-oh].Monteverdi
718355008With Bach and Beethoven, this man forms the "three B's" of classical music. Name this German composer of four symphonies and the Academic Festival Overture.Brahms
718355009Despite having very different musical styles, Brahms was a lifelong friend of this composer of the Blue Danube waltz.Strauss
718355010He premiered his first symphony, Jeremiah, and ballet, Fancy Free, in the decade after taking lessons with Boulanger.Bernstein
718373065This composer's studies in Paris influenced him to write distinctly "American" music, such as Billy the Kid and Lincoln Portrait.Copland
718373066This composer is best known for two operas, The Mother of Us All and Four Saints in Three Acts, the latter of which was a collaboration with Gertrude Stein.Thomson
718373067After this composer received an honorary doctorate from the University of Breslau, he wrote his Academic Festival Overture. His first symphony has been called "Beethoven's Tenth" to recognize its inspiration. For 10 points-name this composer of A German Requiem and a namesake lullaby.Brahms
718373068A poem by Stephane MalIarme [stay-fahn mahl-Iar-may] inspired this composer's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun".Debussy
718373069What composer of an Irish Symphony wrote the music for The Yeoman of the Guard and The Mikado [mee-KAHdoh], two collaborations with William S. Gilbert?Sullivan
718373070This composer used a German ballad as the basis of his cantata "The Black Knight". A "hidden theme" connects his Enigma Variations, while "Land of Hope and Glory" is part of a work often played at graduations. For 10 points-name this British composer of the Pomp and Circumstance marches.Elgar
718373071His opera Don Giovanni ends with its title womanizer being dragged to Hell by a statue. Name this Austrian composer who wrote Don Giovanni.Mozart
718373072What composer of El Salon Mexico [ell sah-LOHN MAY-hee-koh] wrote the "Open Prairie" theme for his Billy the Kid ballet and included the tune "Simple Gifts" in Appalachian Spring?Copland
718373073The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and The Flying Dutchman are two operas by this German composer. Name this composer who also wrote a series of four operas based on German mythology.Wagner
718373074What composer of the ultra-hard piano piece Gaspard de la nuit [nwee] included a snare drum ostinato in his 1928 ballet based on a Spanish dance, Bolero [boh-LAIR-oh]?Ravel
718373075Persian and Islamic mythology inspired an oratorio by this composer titled Paradise and the Peri [PIER-ee]. He also composed Scenes from Childhood and four symphonies, including the Rhenish [REH-nish} and Spring. For 10 points-name this German composer who married Clara Wieck [veek].Schumann
718373076What composer, who used a taxicab horn in his An American in Paris, also wrote the opera Porgy and Bess and the jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue?Gershwin
718373077The opera Rigoletto [ree-goh-LAYT-toh] is by the same composer as La traviata [lah trah-vee-AH-tah]. Name that Italian.Verdi
718373078What composer created the "El Capitan" [kap-ih-TAN} and "Liberty Bell" Marches, conducted the U.S. Marine Corps Band, and wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?Sousa
718373079What composer of a 1727 St. Matthew Passion has BWV numbers assigned to works like the Goldberg Variations and the Brandenburg Concertos?Bach
718373080The Leipzig [L YPE-zig] Conservatory was founded in 1843 by what German composer whose works include an Italian Symphony and music for A Midsummer Night's Dream?Mendelssohn
718373081The one-act opera At the Boar's Head was written by what British composer who depicted "the Mystic" and "the Bringer of War" in his The Planets?Holst
718373082What composer of songs for a film version of Don Quixote [kee-HOH-tee] is better known for his one-act opera The Spanish Hour and the gradually crescendoing [kruh-SHEN-doh-ing] Bolero [boh-LAY-roh]?Ravel
718373083What composer of the "Hammerklavier" [HAH-mur-klah-FEER] and "Waldstein" [VAHLD-styne] piano sonatas wrote the Missa Solemnis [MEE-sah soh-LEM-neess] and the choral finale of his Ninth Symphony after going deaf?Beethoven

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