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Richard Wagner (composer)
  • 1. When did Richard Wagner die?
A) 1900
B) 1883
C) 1925
D) 1850
  • 2. In which city did Richard Wagner die?
A) Paris
B) Berlin
C) Venice
D) Vienna
  • 3. Which notable opera did Wagner compose prior to his death?
A) Parsifal
B) La Traviata
C) The Barber of Seville
D) Carmen
  • 4. Who was Richard Wagner's famous contemporary composer?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Giuseppe Verdi
D) Johann Sebastian Bach
  • 5. In which country was Richard Wagner born?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Austria
D) Italy
  • 6. What is the name of Richard Wagner's autobiography?
A) Notes on a Composer
B) Musical Memoirs
C) The Symphony of Life
D) My Life
  • 7. Which famous composer was influenced by Richard Wagner's music?
A) Frederic Chopin
B) Gustav Mahler
C) Antonio Vivaldi
D) Franz Liszt
  • 8. What term did Wagner use to describe his concept of the fusion of music, drama, and poetry?
A) Leggiero
B) Andante
C) Gesamtkunstwerk
D) Scherzo
  • 9. Which instrument did Richard Wagner play?
A) Flute
B) Trumpet
C) Violin
D) Piano
  • 10. What was the name of the first part of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle'?
A) Parsifal
B) Tristan und Isolde
C) Tannhäuser
D) Das Rheingold
  • 11. Which composer famously criticized Wagner's music as too bombastic and lacking in form?
A) Johannes Brahms
B) Franz Liszt
C) Claude Debussy
D) Gustav Mahler
  • 12. What was the political ideology espoused by Wagner in his writings?
A) Nationalism
B) Fascism
C) Communism
D) Socialism
  • 13. What nationality was Richard Wagner?
A) Italian
B) Austrian
C) French
D) German
  • 14. What was Richard Wagner's profession?
A) Painter
B) Composer
C) Politician
D) Physicist
  • 15. Who was Richard Wagner's second wife?
A) Minna
B) Eva
C) Cosima
D) Mathilde
  • 16. Where is Richard Wagner buried?
A) Dresden
B) Bayreuth
C) Berlin
D) Vienna
  • 17. Where was Richard Wagner born?
A) Leipzig
B) Vienna
C) Munich
D) Berlin
  • 18. Which of Wagner's operas is based on Norse mythology?
A) Lohengrin
B) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
C) Der Ring des Nibelungen
D) Tristan und Isolde
  • 19. Who was one of Wagner's influential supporters and patrons?
A) Johann Strauss II
B) Richard Strauss
C) Otto von Bismarck
D) Ludwig II of Bavaria
  • 20. What is the title of the opera that caused a riot at its premiere in Paris?
A) Tristan und Isolde
B) Der fliegende Holländer
C) Tannhäuser
D) Lohengrin
  • 21. What was the name of Wagner's first opera?
A) Die Feen
B) Rienzi
C) The Flying Dutchman
D) Parsifal
  • 22. In what year did Wagner complete 'Parsifal'?
A) 1882
B) 1890
C) 1865
D) 1877
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