Trivia Quiz on American Composers

1. Conrad classical music: who composed "rhapsody in blue"

A) Claude Debussy

B) Maurice Ravel

C) George Gershwin

D) Aaron Copland

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2. Who wrote the musical The Desert Song

A) Franz Lehar

B) Victor Herbert

C) George Gershwin

D) Sigmund Romberg

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3. Who composed the music for the musical Showboat

A) Irving Berlin

B) Richard Rodgers

C) Jerome Kern

D) Cole Porter

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4. Who composed the musical "Annie Get Your Gun"

A) George Gershwin

B) Irving Berlin

C) Cole Porter

D) Richard Rodgers

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5. Who wrote 'Stardust'

A) George Gershwin

B) Cole Porter

C) Hoagy carmichael

D) Johnny Mercer

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6. Philip Glass wrote an opera about which famous person

A) Gandhi

B) Richard Nixon

C) Albert Einstein

D) Cleopatra

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7. Who Composed The Rag, The Entertainer Used As The Theme To The Sting

A) Duke Ellington

B) Claude Debussy

C) Johannes Brahms

D) Scott Joplin

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8. Emerson Lake And Palmer Had A No.2 Hit With "Fanfare For The Common Man " Who Wrote It

A) Aaron Copland

B) Leonard Bernstein

C) George Gershwin

D) John Williams

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9. Where Did George & Ira Gershwin Experience A Foggy Day

A) New York City

B) Paris

C) London Town

D) Berlin

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10. With Which Renowned American Composer Did Elvis Costello Collaborate On The 1998 Album Painted From Memory

A) John Williams

B) Burt Bacharach

C) Philip Glass

D) Thomas Newman

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11. Who Wrote Rhapsody In Blue

A) Aaron Copland

B) Leonard Bernstein

C) Duke Ellington

D) George Gershwin

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12. With What Name Was Duke Ellington Christened

A) Edward Duke Ellington

B) Edward Kennedy Ellington

C) Edward Ellington Kennedy

D) Theodore Kennedy Ellington

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13. Who Wrote White Christmas While Sunning Himself In Californa

A) George Gershwin

B) Cole Porter

C) Richard Rodgers

D) Irving Berlin

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14. Who Wrote The Score To West Side Story

A) Stephen Sondheim

B) John Williams

C) George Gershwin

D) Leonard Bernstein

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15. Israel Baline became more famous under what name

A) Abe Burrows

B) George Gershwin

C) Cole Porter

D) Irving Berlin

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16. Composer George Gershwin died in1937 at the age of 38. How did he die?

A) Brain Tumour

B) Heart attack

C) Tuberculosis

D) Stroke

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17. What very Famous Link To Christmas Does Irving Berlin Have

A) He wrote Jingle Bells

B) He Wrote White Christmas

C) He composed Silent Night

D) He wrote Deck the Halls

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