World Famous Music MCQs with Answers
Who composed the Symphony No. 5 in C Minor?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Which composer is known for his “Moonlight Sonata”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who wrote the opera “The Magic Flute”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which composer is known for his “Canon in D”?
a) Johann Pachelbel
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Johann Sebastian Bach
Answer: a) Johann Pachelbel
Who composed the “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “Choral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Which composer is known for his “Ride of the Valkyries”?
a) Richard Wagner
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Richard Wagner
Who composed the “Symphony No. 40 in G Minor”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “New World Symphony?
a) Antonín Dvořák
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Antonín Dvořák
Who wrote the ballet “Swan Lake”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which composer is known for his “Nocturnes” and “Preludes”?
a) Frédéric Chopin
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Frédéric Chopin
Who composed the opera “La Traviata”?
a) Giuseppe Verdi
b) Richard Wagner
c) Johann Strauss II
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Giuseppe Verdi
Which composer is known for his “Four Seasons”?
a) Antonio Vivaldi
b) Johann Pachelbel
c) Franz Schubert
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Antonio Vivaldi
Who wrote the “Goldberg Variations”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Which composer is known for his “Brandenburg Concertos”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Who composed the “Symphony No. 5” also known as the “Reformation Symphony”?
a) Felix Mendelssohn
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Felix Mendelssohn
Which composer is known for his “Water Music” and “Music for the Royal Fireworks”?
a) George Frideric Handel
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) Franz Schubert
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) George Frideric Handel
Who composed the “Symphony No. 6” also known as the “Pastoral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Which composer is known for his “Messiah”?
a) George Frideric Handel
b) Johann Pachelbel
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) George Frideric Handel
Who wrote the opera “Carmen”?
a) Georges Bizet
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Georges Bizet
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 7” also known as the “Leningrad Symphony”?
a) Dmitri Shostakovich
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Dmitri Shostakovich
Who composed the “Symphony No. 3” also known as the “Eroica Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 3” also known as the “Organ Symphony”?
a) Camille Saint-Saëns
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Camille Saint-Saëns
Who wrote the opera “Aida”?
a) Giuseppe Verdi
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Giuseppe Verdi
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 5” also known as the “Fate Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “From the New World Symphony”?
a) Antonín Dvořák
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Antonín Dvořák
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 6” also known as the “Pathétique Symphony”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Who wrote the ballet “The Nutcracker”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 94” also known as the “Surprise Symphony”?
a) Franz Joseph Haydn
b) Johann Pachelbel
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Franz Joseph Haydn
Who composed the “Symphony No. 4” also known as the “Italian Symphony”?
a) Felix Mendelssohn
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Felix Mendelssohn
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 5” also known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “The Marriage of Figaro”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 2” also known as the “Resurrection Symphony”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who composed the “Symphony No. 7” also known as the “Leningrad Symphony”?
a) Dmitri Shostakovich
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Dmitri Shostakovich
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 1” also known as the “Titan Symphony”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “Rigoletto”?
a) Giuseppe Verdi
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Giuseppe Verdi
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 8” also known as the “Unfinished Symphony”?
a) Franz Schubert
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Franz Schubert
Who composed the “Symphony No. 3” also known as the “Eroica Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 4” also known as the “Romantic Symphony”?
a) Anton Bruckner
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Anton Bruckner
Who wrote the ballet “Giselle”?
a) Adolphe Adam
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Adolphe Adam
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “Choral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 5 in E Minor” also known as the “New World Symphony”?
a) Antonín Dvořák
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Antonín Dvořák
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor” also known as the “Adagietto Symphony”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “The Barber of Seville”?
a) Gioachino Rossini
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Gioachino Rossini
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 6” also known as the “Pastoral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 2” also known as the “Resurrection Symphony”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 4” also known as the “Italian Symphony”?
a) Felix Mendelssohn
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Felix Mendelssohn
Who wrote the opera “Tosca”?
a) Giacomo Puccini
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Giacomo Puccini
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 6” also known as the “Pathétique Symphony”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Who composed the “Symphony No. 1” also known as the “Classical Symphony”?
a) Sergei Prokofiev
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Sergei Prokofiev
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 8” also known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “Madama Butterfly”?
a) Giacomo Puccini
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Giacomo Puccini
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 5” also known as the “Fate Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “From the New World Symphony”?
a) Antonín Dvořák
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Antonín Dvořák
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “Choral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who wrote the ballet “Swan Lake”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 3” also known as the “Eroica Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 7” also known as the “Leningrad Symphony”?
a) Dmitri Shostakovich
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Dmitri Shostakovich
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 2” also known as the “Resurrection Symphony”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “Aida”?
a) Giuseppe Verdi
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Giuseppe Verdi
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 4” also known as the “Romantic Symphony”?
a) Anton Bruckner
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Anton Bruckner
Who wrote the ballet “The Nutcracker”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 94” also known as the “Surprise Symphony”?
a) Franz Joseph Haydn
b) Johann Pachelbel
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Franz Joseph Haydn
Who composed the “Symphony No. 4” also known as the “Italian Symphony”?
a) Felix Mendelssohn
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Felix Mendelssohn
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 5” also known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “Madama Butterfly”?
a) Giacomo Puccini
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Richard Wagner
d) Johann Strauss II
Answer: a) Giacomo Puccini
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 5” also known as the “Fate Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “From the New World Symphony”?
a) Antonín Dvořák
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Antonín Dvořák
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 9” also known as the “Choral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who wrote the ballet “Swan Lake”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 3” also known as the “Eroica Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who composed the “Symphony No. 7” also known as the “Leningrad Symphony”?
a) Dmitri Shostakovich
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Dmitri Shostakovich
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 2” also known as the “Resurrection Symphony”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Frédéric Chopin
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: a) Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the opera “Aida”?
a) Giuseppe Verdi
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Giuseppe Verdi
Which composer is known for his “Symphony No. 4” also known as the “Romantic Symphony”?
a) Anton Bruckner
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Richard Wagner
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: a) Anton Bruckner
Who wrote the ballet “The Nutcracker”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Johann Strauss II
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky