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Free Classical Music Flashcards
Classical music literacy is a short list of eras, composers, and forms — enough to navigate any concert program or film-score conversation. These cards cover the canon's essentials.
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QUESTION
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QWhat are the main classical music eras in order?
ABaroque → Classical → Romantic → Modern/20th century
QWhich era do Bach and Vivaldi belong to?
ABaroque (~1600–1750)
QWho composed the Ninth Symphony with the "Ode to Joy"?
ALudwig van Beethoven (1824)
QWho was the child prodigy who wrote over 600 works before dying at 35?
AWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
QWhat is a symphony?
AA large orchestral work, traditionally in four movements
QWhat is a concerto?
AA work for solo instrument with orchestra
QWho composed The Four Seasons?
AAntonio Vivaldi (~1723)
QWhich Russian composer wrote Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?
APyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
QWhat does "opus" (Op.) mean in a work's title?
AA numbered work in a composer's catalog
QWho composed the operas The Ring Cycle?
ARichard Wagner
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