STORY OF MUSIC 4

Who was the French composer known for his groundbreaking piece 'Symphonie fantastique'?

• Franz Liszt

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Hector Berlioz

• Giuseppe Verdi

In which century did people go weeks without hearing any music at all?

• 20th century

• 18th century

• 19th century

• 21st century

Which Italian composer remained at the top of his game for 51 years with 28 operas?

• Giacomo Puccini

• Leon Cavallo

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Pietro Mascagni

Who was the French-speaking Hungarian-born composer who dominated music in the second half of the 19th century?

• Richard Wagner

• Franz Liszt

• Johannes Brahms

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Which composer invented the symphonic poem and wrote 13 of them?

• Claude Debussy

• Franz Liszt

• Hector Berlioz

• Giuseppe Verdi

Who was the Austrian composer known for proposing the twelve-tone serialism method?

• Franz Liszt

• Johannes Brahms

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Arnold Schoenberg

Which uprising took place in Franz Liszt's native Hungary in 1848?

• Russian Revolution

• French Revolution

• American Revolution

• Hungarian Revolution

Which composer was known for his use of the piano as a fairground of effects?

• Hector Berlioz

• Franz Liszt

• Claude Debussy

• Giuseppe Verdi

Who composed the opera 'La Traviata' based on the novel 'The Lady of the Camellias'?

• Pietro Mascagni

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Leon Cavallo

• Giuseppe Verdi

Which composer's music was immensely influential on all the other composers of the 19th century?

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Hector Berlioz

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Franz Liszt