| Hint: | Answer | % Correct | |
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| A | Birth country of Haydn and Mozart | Austria | 98%
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| D | French composer of late 19th-early 20th century who challenged traditional "rules" of compositon; his famous piano solo "Clair de Lune" is from a set titled "Suite Bergamasque" | Debussy | 86%
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| C | 19th century Romantic composer who wrote almost exclusively for the piano, often referred to as "Poet of the Piano" | Chopin | 84%
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| L | Hungarian Romantic composer who was idolized for his piano virtuosity | Liszt | 74%
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| G | Norway's most famous composer | Grieg | 71%
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| U | Simple 4-string instrument originally developed in Hawaii | Ukulele | 71%
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| E | His composition "Pomp and CIrcumstance" is often played at graduation ceremonies. | Elgar | 67%
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| H | Austrian composer of classic era who lived and worked at the magnificent Esterhazy palace in Hungary for almost 15 years | Haydn | 67%
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| X | Percussion instrument with wooden bars as "keys" struck by mallets | Xylophone | 67%
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| P | Famous violin virtuoso in 19th century Italy | Paganini | 65%
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| F | Sibelius wrote this orchestral composition to celebrate his home country. | Finlandia | 64%
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| J | American composer of ragtime music | Joplin | 61%
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| B | Flamboyant conductor of late Romantic era, composer of "Symphonie Fantastique" | Berlioz | 53%
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| S | Form of composition which consists of Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, and Coda | Sonata form | 51%
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| Q | A note which gets one count or pulse in common time | Quarter note | 50%
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| O | Beethoven's "Fidelio" | Opera | 49%
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| M | German Romantic composer who helped resurrect Bach's music | Mendelssohn | 46%
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| T | Prolific German composer of Baroque era, born 4 years before Bach | Telemann | 32%
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| R | A master orchestrator, composer of "Russian Easter Overture" | Rimsky-Korsakov | 28%
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| I | Composer from New England, 1874-1954, who broke all the "rules" in his imaginative compositions | Ives | 25%
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| N | Danish composer of 6 symphonies | Nielsen | 19%
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| V | 20th century Brazilian composer of "Bachianas Brasileiras" | Villa-Lobos | 16%
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| K | 20th century Russian composer who wrote many sets of piano pieces for students | Kabalevsky | 9%
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| W | Beethoven composition celebrating Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo | Wellington's Victory | 5%
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| Y | Title of Leonard Bernstein's educational TV series | Young People's Concerts | 3%
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| Z | Chopin was born in this town near Warsaw. | Zelazowa Wola | 3%
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