The Symphony Quiz

1. Which composer is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" (as we intend it nowadays)?

2. And how many numbered symphonies did their "father" write?

3. Three Mozart symphonies are known by the name of a city. Which are those cities?

4. Which symphony did Beethoven originally dedicate to Napoleon, but later renamed it when the frenchman crowned himself as emperor?

5. Who wrote the text of the famous "Ode to Joy", the 4th movement of Beethoven's Ninth?

6. Who composed but did not complete his 8th symphony, which is now unanimously known as the "Unfinished"

7. Which of the following is NOT a movement from Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique"

8. Which of Brahms' symphonies ends with a notorious and ominous Passacaglia?

9. Which one of these composers has NEVER written a symphony with choir and/or singers

10. And who HASN'T ever composed a symphony at all?

11. What are the titles of the two symphonies Liszt composed?

12. What symphonic work did Mahler compose after finishing his 8th, but didn't call it a symphony in fear of the infamous "Curse of the Ninth"?

13. If I talk about "Espansiva", "Semplice" and "The Inextinguishable", to whose symphonies am I referring to?

14. Antonín Dvořák's "From the New World" is his 9th symphony, but it was published as his...

15. What keyboard instruments feature in Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony?

16. Which of Sibelius' symphonies is known for his original sparse finale?

17. In Shostakovich's 7th Symphony "Leningrad", the "Nazi invasion theme" has quotation of:

18. How many symphonies did Allan Pettersson (the saddest man of whole Sweden) write?

19. In Luciano Berio's "Sinfonia", which of these works are played over a nearly exact version of Mahler 2's scherzo?

20. Which of these symphonies features an electric guitar and an electric bass?