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