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Notable Composers of the Classical Era - Statistics
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Answer Stats
| Nationality | Birth | Death | Hint/Notable Work | Answer | % Correct |
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| German | 1714 | 1788 | One of many sons of a very famous Baroque composer. | Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach | 97%
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| German | 1735 | 1782 | Another son of a very famous Baroque composer | Johann Christian Bach | 97%
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| German | 1770 | 1827 | Eroica Symphony (No. 3) | Ludwig van Beethoven | 93%
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| Austrian | 1756 | 1791 | The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 93%
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| Austrian | 1732 | 1809 | Surprise Symphony (No. 94) | Franz Joseph Haydn | 90%
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| Austrian | 1737 | 1806 | Younger brother of the composer of the Surprise Symphony | Michael Haydn | 90%
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| Italian | 1750 | 1825 | Made famous by a possibly fictitious rivalry with Mozart. | Antonio Salieri | 76%
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| Bohemian | 1714 | 1787 | Orfeo ed Euridice | Christoph Wilibald Gluck | 45%
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| Austrian | 1781 | 1858 | Beethoven wrote a famous set of variations on a theme written by this composer. | Anton Diabelli | 34%
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| Irish | 1782 | 1837 | Famous composer of piano music, was the first to use the term Nocturne as a title for a piano work. | John Field | 31%
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| Italian | 1752 | 1832 | Wrote many early works for the piano, sometimes called “the father of the piano.” | Muzio Clementi | 31%
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| Austrian | 1778 | 1837 | Contemporary and friend of Beethoven and Schubert | Johann Nepomuk Hummel | 24%
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| Italian | 1743 | 1805 | Italian born composer who spent much of his career in Spain. Well know for writing string quartets and cello concertos. | Luigi Boccherini | 24%
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| Bohemian | 1717 | 1757 | Founded the Mannheim school of symphonists. | Johann Stamitz | 17%
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| Italian | 1760 | 1842 | Beethoven considered him the greatest living composer of his era. Known for writing operas and sacred music. | Luigi Cherubini | 17%
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| Czech | 1770 | 1836 | Made many early contributions to the Wind Quintet literature, teacher of Liszt, Berlioz, and Franck | Anton Reicha | 7%
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| German | 1723 | 1787 | Renowned player of the viola da gamba. Court composer of Dresden before moving to London where he was employed by Queen Charlotte. A very "able" composer. | Carl Friedrich Abel | 7%
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| Czech | 1760 | 1812 | One of the first internationally famous piano virtuosos. Wrote forward-looking music with some early Romantic traits. | Johann Ladislaus Dussek | 7%
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| Austrian | 1739 | 1799 | Wrote a number of programmatic symphonies based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. | Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf | 3%
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| Austrian | 1757 | 1831 | Also known as a music publisher and a piano maker. | Ignaz Pleyel | 3%
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| German | 1756 | 1792 | Moved to Sweden at the age of 21. Sometimes referred to as the Swedish Mozart | Joseph Martin Kraus | 3%
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| English | 1711 | 1779 | One of the foremost English composers of church music and symphonies. | William Boyce | 3%
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