Famous Composers and Their Stories
A child prodigy, a composer who went deaf, and a ballet nobody liked at first. Ten questions on the people behind the music that outlived them.
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Which composer continued writing music after going deaf?
Multiple Choice · 20s
AWolfgang Amadeus MozartBJohann Sebastian BachCLudwig van BeethovenDFranz SchubertMozart was famous as a child for what?
Multiple Choice · 20s
APerforming and composing from a very young ageBInventing a new musical instrumentCConducting the royal orchestra at tenDWriting the first ever operaVivaldi's Four Seasons is a set of violin concertos.
True / False · 20s
TRUEFALSE- Which composer wrote The Nutcracker and Swan Lake?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Which Polish composer wrote almost entirely for the piano? Family name is enough.Type Answer · 30s
- What is an opera?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Bach worked mostly as a church musician during his lifetime.True / False · 20s
- What is a symphony?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Why did a Stravinsky ballet cause a riot in 1913?Multiple Choice · 20s
- In which period did Bach and Handel compose, known for ornate music? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
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