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