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Round 1
Hint: Music by Clara’s friend
NATIONALITY: German
ERA: Romantic
Composer known for his chamber music and his German requiem
Round 2
Hint: heralding a seeker of heavenly wisdom
NATIONALITY: German
ERA: Baroque
This composer wrote in almost every Baroque music genre, but he is best known for inventing and developing the English-language oratorio.
Round 3
Hint: Catching some beautiful Zs
NATIONALITY: Russian
ERA: Romantic
Known for his opera Eugene Onegin and his “Pathétique” Symphony
Round 4
Hint: Five players dance in triple time.
NATIONALITY: Italian
ERA: Classical
Cellist and composer whose most famous works are his quintets, several of which include parts for guitar.
Round 5
Hint: In Loving Memory
NATIONALITY: French
ERA: Late Romantic
This composer is known for his piano suite Miroirs and his orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Round 6
Hint: side-stepping all the way through Brittany.
NATIONALITY: Bohemian
ERA: Romantic
Cellist who composed around 75 works, mostly for cello. He is well known for his set of 40 etudes used to develop left-hand technique.
Round 7
Hint: The most beautiful of them all, mythically speaking
NATIONALITY: German
ERA: early Classical
A composer of numerous French and Italian operas and a main influence on Mozart. He wrote Orfeo and Euridice and Alceste
Round 8
Hint: a little help from a candle and a clock
NATIONALITY: French
ERA: 20th century
This composer was a member of Les Six and he was associated with the filmmaker Jean Cocteau
Round 9
Hint: dances for a queen
NATIONALITY: British
ERA: 20th century
Known for his War Requiem and his Simple Symphony