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Round 1

Hint: Juvenile Behavior

NATIONALITY: Austrian

ERA: Classical

Wrote many symphonies, piano sonatas, and operas, including The Marriage Of Figaro.

 

Round 2

Hint: The bat’s revenge

NATIONALITY: Austrian 

ERA: Late Romantic

Known primarily for his waltzes and operettas

 

Round 3

Hint: The joke is on Richard 

NATIONALITY: French

ERA: Romantic 

This composer influenced a generation of early modern composers. Known works include his nocturnes for piano and his requiem.

 

Round 4

Hint: The greatest soldier that never was

NATIONALITY: Russian

ERA: 20th century 

One of his best known compositions is a ballet suite of Romeo and Juliet.

 

Round 5

Hint: Mozart’s competitor, but not who you think

NATIONALITY: Italian

ERA: Classical

Italian composer who spent most of his professional life in England. His best known works are his piano sonatas, progressive sonatinas, and technique-building etudes.

 

Round 6

Hint: Right in the kisser!

NATIONALITY: American

ERA: 20th century

Arranger, conductor and jazz musician known mostly for his music for film and television, such as the score for The Pink Panther and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

 

Round 7

Hint: Throw it a bone

NATIONALITY: French

ERA: 19th/20th century

Avant-garde composer known for his eccentric lifestyle and absurdist attitude towards music. He was a mentor of the music collective known as Les Six.

 

Round 8

Hint: Olympic art competitor of 1928

NATIONALITY: Danish

ERA: 20th century

This composer worked both as a civil servant and composer. He is known for his ballet music, such as Fool's Paradise and The Phoenix.

 

Round 9

Hint: a teaser, a jokester, and a smart alec

NATIONALITY: American

ERA: 20th century

Kitten on the Keys and Dizzy Fingers are a couple of his most popular tunes.

 

 

 

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