🎩 Famous composers quiz
Who wrote it? Ten famous pieces of music, and three composers to choose from for each. Every composer has a card on Peabody.
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The answers, and why
- Who wrote Für Elise? Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven wrote Für Elise for piano.
- Who wrote The Four Seasons? Vivaldi. Antonio Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons, four violin concertos, one for each season.
- Who wrote The Nutcracker ballet? Tchaikovsky. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote The Nutcracker; it was first performed in 1892.
- Who wrote The Entertainer? Scott Joplin. Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, wrote The Entertainer in 1902.
- Who wrote The Stars and Stripes Forever? Sousa. John Philip Sousa, the March King, wrote it. It's the national march of the United States.
- Who wrote The Carnival of the Animals? Saint-Saëns. Camille Saint-Saëns wrote The Carnival of the Animals, with pieces for lions, a swan and fossils.
- Who wrote In the Hall of the Mountain King? Grieg. Edvard Grieg, from Norway, wrote it for a play called Peer Gynt.
- Which composer kept writing music after he lost his hearing? Beethoven. Beethoven went deaf and still wrote some of his greatest music, including the Ninth Symphony with Ode to Joy.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in which city? Salzburg. Mozart was born in Salzburg, in Austria, in 1756.
- Who wrote Clair de lune? Debussy. Claude Debussy wrote Clair de lune, which means moonlight, for piano.