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This German composer, who became deaf later in life, wrote the famous "Ode to Joy" symphony.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Franz Schubert
This Austrian child prodigy composed over 600 works before dying at age 35, including Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
- Joseph Haydn
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Franz Liszt
- Robert Schumann
This keyboard instrument, whose name means soft-loud in Italian, replaced the harpsichord as the dominant keyboard instrument.
- Piano
- Organ
- Synthesizer
- Accordion
This four-movement orchestral work featuring a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra is called this.
- Symphony
- Sonata
- Suite
- Concerto
This Russian composer wrote The Nutcracker, a ballet performed every Christmas season worldwide.
- Igor Stravinsky
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
This musical term indicates a composition should be played slowly.
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Presto
- Vivace
This composer's Four Seasons is one of the most recorded pieces of classical music ever.
- Antonio Vivaldi
- George Frideric Handel
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Arcangelo Corelli
This term describes a female singer with the highest vocal range.
- Alto
- Mezzo-soprano
- Contralto
- Soprano
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