130 Music Quiz Questions & Answers

Below are 130 music quiz questions with the correct answer and a short explanation for each. Use them to revise, host a quiz night, or prepare for competitions — then challenge yourself with the timed, interactive version on QuizOxa.

Music Quiz Questions and Answers

1. Q1. How many keys are on a standard piano?

   ✅ Answer: 88

   💡 A standard full-size piano has 88 keys — 52 white keys and 36 black keys, covering just over 7 octaves.

2. Q2. Who is known as the 'King of Pop'?

   ✅ Answer: Michael Jackson

   💡 Michael Jackson earned the title 'King of Pop' with iconic albums like Thriller (the best-selling album of all time with 70+ million copies).

3. Q3. What is the most-streamed song on Spotify?

   ✅ Answer: Blinding Lights

   💡 The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' became the most-streamed song on Spotify, surpassing Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' with billions of streams.

4. Q4. Which instrument has six strings?

   ✅ Answer: Guitar

   💡 A standard acoustic or electric guitar has six strings tuned to E-A-D-G-B-E from lowest to highest pitch.

5. Q5. Who composed the 'Moonlight Sonata'?

   ✅ Answer: Beethoven

   💡 Ludwig van Beethoven composed the 'Moonlight Sonata' (Piano Sonata No. 14) in 1801, one of the most famous piano compositions ever.

6. Q6. What does 'tempo' mean in music?

   ✅ Answer: Speed/pace of music

   💡 Tempo refers to the speed or pace of a musical piece, measured in BPM (beats per minute). Common tempos include Allegro (fast) and Adagio (slow).

7. Q7. Which band performed 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?

   ✅ Answer: Queen

   💡 Queen released 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in 1975, written by Freddie Mercury. It's considered one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded.

8. Q8. What is the national instrument of India?

   ✅ Answer: Veena

   💡 Although not officially declared, the Sitar is widely considered India's most iconic instrument, popularized globally by Ravi Shankar.

9. Q9. How many notes are in a musical octave?

   ✅ Answer: 8

   💡 An octave contains 8 notes (Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do). Including sharps and flats, there are 12 semitones in a chromatic octave.

10. Q10. Who sang 'Shape of You'?

    ✅ Answer: Ed Sheeran

    💡 Ed Sheeran released 'Shape of You' in 2017, which became one of the most-streamed songs in history with billions of plays.

11. Q11. Which genre originated in the African American communities of New Orleans?

    ✅ Answer: Jazz

    💡 Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th/early 20th century, blending blues, ragtime, and marching band music.

12. Q12. Who is known as the 'Queen of Pop'?

    ✅ Answer: Madonna

    💡 Madonna is called the 'Queen of Pop' for her groundbreaking career spanning 40+ years with hits like 'Like a Virgin' and 'Material Girl'.

13. Q13. What is the largest music streaming platform?

    ✅ Answer: Spotify

    💡 Spotify is the largest music streaming platform with over 600 million users globally, including 220+ million premium subscribers.

14. Q14. Which country is K-pop from?

    ✅ Answer: South Korea

    💡 K-pop (Korean Pop) originated in South Korea. Groups like BTS, BLACKPINK, and EXO have achieved massive global popularity.

15. Q15. Who composed 'The Four Seasons'?

    ✅ Answer: Vivaldi

    💡 Antonio Vivaldi composed 'The Four Seasons' in 1723, a set of four violin concertos representing spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

16. Q16. What does BPM stand for in music?

    ✅ Answer: Beats Per Minute

    💡 BPM (Beats Per Minute) measures the tempo of music. A typical pop song is 100-130 BPM, while EDM can be 120-150+ BPM.

17. Q17. Which Beatles album features the song 'Let It Be'?

    ✅ Answer: Let It Be

    💡 Let It Be (1970) was The Beatles' final album released, featuring the iconic title track written by Paul McCartney.

18. Q18. What is a 'raga' in Indian classical music?

    ✅ Answer: A melodic framework for improvisation

    💡 A raga is a melodic framework in Indian classical music — a set of notes with specific ascending/descending patterns evoking particular moods or times of day.

19. Q19. Who has the most Grammy Awards of all time?

    ✅ Answer: Beyoncé

    💡 Beyoncé holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won by any artist with 32 wins across her career.

20. Q20. What instrument does a drummer play?

    ✅ Answer: Percussion/drums

    💡 A drummer plays percussion instruments — typically a drum kit consisting of bass drum, snare drum, toms, hi-hat, and cymbals.

21. Q21. Which music genre features fast rhythms and electronic beats?

    ✅ Answer: EDM (Electronic Dance Music)

    💡 EDM encompasses electronic music genres like house, techno, dubstep, and trance, characterized by synthesized sounds and repetitive beats.

22. Q22. Who is known as the 'King of Rock and Roll'?

    ✅ Answer: Elvis Presley

    💡 Elvis Presley is the 'King of Rock and Roll', with hits like 'Hound Dog' and 'Jailhouse Rock', selling over 500 million records.

23. Q23. What musical instrument is Ravi Shankar famous for playing?

    ✅ Answer: Sitar

    💡 Pandit Ravi Shankar was a legendary sitar virtuoso who brought Indian classical music to the Western world, influencing The Beatles.

24. Q24. What is hip-hop?

    ✅ Answer: A cultural movement including rap, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti

    💡 Hip-hop originated in the Bronx, New York in the 1970s, encompassing rapping, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art as four elements.

25. Q25. Which BTS song broke YouTube's 24-hour viewing record?

    ✅ Answer: Butter

    💡 BTS's 'Butter' (2021) set a YouTube record with 108+ million views in 24 hours, though records have since been broken.

26. Q26. What is the longest-running music chart in the world?

    ✅ Answer: Billboard Hot 100

    💡 The Billboard Hot 100, established in 1958, is the music industry's standard record chart in the United States for songs.

27. Q27. Who sang 'Imagine'?

    ✅ Answer: John Lennon

    💡 John Lennon released 'Imagine' in 1971, envisioning a world of peace and unity. It's considered one of the greatest songs ever written.

28. Q28. What is an orchestra?

    ✅ Answer: A large ensemble of musicians playing various instruments

    💡 An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typically comprising strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion sections, performing classical music.

29. Q29. Which Indian singer is known as the 'Nightingale of India'?

    ✅ Answer: Lata Mangeshkar

    💡 Lata Mangeshkar was called the 'Nightingale of India' for her extraordinary voice, recording songs in over 36 languages across a career spanning 7 decades.

30. Q30. What is Spotify Wrapped?

    ✅ Answer: An annual summary of a user's listening habits

    💡 Spotify Wrapped is an annual feature that shows users their most-played songs, artists, genres, and total listening minutes for the year.

31. Q31. Who is known as the 'Godfather of Soul'?

    ✅ Answer: James Brown

    💡 James Brown is called the 'Godfather of Soul' for pioneering funk and soul music with hits like 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' and 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag'.

32. Q32. What music streaming service did Jay-Z own?

    ✅ Answer: Tidal

    💡 Jay-Z acquired Tidal in 2015 for $56 million, positioning it as an artist-owned, high-fidelity streaming platform.

33. Q33. Which instrument is the 'king of instruments'?

    ✅ Answer: Pipe organ

    💡 The pipe organ is traditionally called the 'King of Instruments' for its range, power, and complexity — found in churches and concert halls.

34. Q34. What is a 'mixtape' in modern music?

    ✅ Answer: A free or promotional collection of songs

    💡 In modern music, a mixtape is a collection of songs released (often for free) by an artist, typically showcasing their style and featuring collaborations.

35. Q35. Who composed 'Für Elise'?

    ✅ Answer: Beethoven

    💡 Ludwig van Beethoven composed 'Für Elise' (1810), one of the most recognizable piano pieces. The identity of 'Elise' remains debated.

36. Q36. What is auto-tune?

    ✅ Answer: Software that corrects pitch in vocals

    💡 Auto-Tune is audio processing software that corrects pitch in vocal performances. It became a stylistic effect popularized by T-Pain and Cher.

37. Q37. Which festival is known as the largest music festival in the world?

    ✅ Answer: Donauinselfest

    💡 Donauinselfest (Danube Island Festival) in Vienna, Austria, is the largest open-air music festival with over 3 million attendees — and it's free!

38. Q38. Who released the album '25' and '30'?

    ✅ Answer: Adele

    💡 Adele released albums named after her age: '19', '21', '25', and '30'. Her album '21' sold over 31 million copies worldwide.

39. Q39. What is a 'chord' in music?

    ✅ Answer: Three or more notes played simultaneously

    💡 A chord is a group of three or more notes sounded together harmoniously. Major chords sound happy; minor chords sound sad.

40. Q40. What is the Indian classical music equivalent of a scale?

    ✅ Answer: Swar

    💡 Swar refers to musical notes in Indian classical music. The seven basic swaras are Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa-Dha-Ni (equivalent to Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti).

41. Q41. Who was the lead vocalist of Nirvana?

    ✅ Answer: Kurt Cobain

    💡 Kurt Cobain was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Nirvana, whose album 'Nevermind' (1991) defined the grunge movement.

42. Q42. What is Bollywood music known for?

    ✅ Answer: Film songs combining Indian and Western styles

    💡 Bollywood music features songs from Hindi films, blending Indian classical, folk, and Western pop styles. It's one of the largest music industries globally.

43. Q43. Who is Taylor Swift?

    ✅ Answer: A multi-genre singer-songwriter and record-breaking artist

    💡 Taylor Swift is one of the best-selling music artists ever, known for re-recording her albums and record-breaking Eras Tour.

44. Q44. What is vinyl in music?

    ✅ Answer: An analog record played on a turntable

    💡 Vinyl records are analog sound storage mediums played on turntables. Despite digital music, vinyl sales have been growing, valued by audiophiles.

45. Q45. Which classical composer was deaf?

    ✅ Answer: Beethoven

    💡 Ludwig van Beethoven began losing his hearing in his late 20s and was almost entirely deaf by his mid-40s, yet composed some of his greatest works while deaf.

46. Q46. What is reggae music associated with?

    ✅ Answer: Jamaica

    💡 Reggae originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Bob Marley is its most famous ambassador, blending it with Rastafarian spirituality.

47. Q47. How many strings does a standard violin have?

    ✅ Answer: 4

    💡 A standard violin has 4 strings tuned to G-D-A-E from lowest to highest pitch.

48. Q48. Who is the best-selling female music artist of all time?

    ✅ Answer: Madonna

    💡 Madonna is the best-selling female artist of all time with over 300 million records sold worldwide across her career.

49. Q49. What is A.R. Rahman famous for?

    ✅ Answer: Oscar-winning film music compositions

    💡 A.R. Rahman is an Indian music composer who won 2 Academy Awards for the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, and composed iconic scores like Roja and Jai Ho.

50. Q50. What does 'allegro' mean in music?

    ✅ Answer: Fast and lively

    💡 Allegro is an Italian musical term meaning 'fast and lively', typically around 120-156 BPM. It's one of the most common tempo markings in classical music.

51. Q51. Which city were The Beatles from?

    ✅ Answer: Liverpool

    💡 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all came from Liverpool.

52. Q52. Who was the lead singer of Queen?

    ✅ Answer: Freddie Mercury

    💡 Mercury wrote “Bohemian Rhapsody”, released in 1975.

53. Q53. Which band released the album The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973?

    ✅ Answer: Pink Floyd

    💡 It spent over 900 weeks on the US Billboard 200 album chart.

54. Q54. Kurt Cobain was the frontman of which grunge band?

    ✅ Answer: Nirvana

    💡 Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind, featuring “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, took grunge mainstream.

55. Q55. Which band recorded “Stairway to Heaven”?

    ✅ Answer: Led Zeppelin

    💡 The song appeared on the band’s untitled fourth album in 1971.

56. Q56. Mick Jagger is the lead singer of which band?

    ✅ Answer: The Rolling Stones

    💡 The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962.

57. Q57. Which guitarist was famous for playing the US national anthem at Woodstock in 1969?

    ✅ Answer: Jimi Hendrix

    💡 Hendrix’s distorted “The Star-Spangled Banner” became one of the festival’s defining moments.

58. Q58. Which band’s 1979 album The Wall includes “Another Brick in the Wall”?

    ✅ Answer: Pink Floyd

    💡 The album was later turned into a 1982 film starring Bob Geldof.

59. Q59. Which Australian band released the album Back in Black in 1980?

    ✅ Answer: AC/DC

    💡 Back in Black is one of the best-selling albums of all time.

60. Q60. Which singer is known as “The Boss”?

    ✅ Answer: Bruce Springsteen

    💡 Springsteen’s albums include Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A.

61. Q61. At which 1985 charity concert did Queen give one of the most celebrated live performances in rock history?

    ✅ Answer: Live Aid

    💡 Queen’s 21-minute set at Wembley Stadium is often voted the greatest live performance ever.

62. Q62. Which band was fronted by Jim Morrison?

    ✅ Answer: The Doors

    💡 Morrison died in Paris in 1971 at the age of 27.

63. Q63. Which U2 singer is known by a single name?

    ✅ Answer: Bono

    💡 Bono, born Paul Hewson, has fronted U2 since the band formed in Dublin in 1976.

64. Q64. What was the name of The Beatles’ final album to be recorded?

    ✅ Answer: Abbey Road

    💡 Abbey Road was recorded last, though Let It Be was released later, in 1970.

65. Q65. Which band sang “Hotel California”?

    ✅ Answer: Eagles

    💡 The song was the title track of the Eagles’ 1976 album.

66. Q66. Which heavy metal band was fronted by Ozzy Osbourne in the 1970s?

    ✅ Answer: Black Sabbath

    💡 Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England, in 1968 and helped create heavy metal.

68. Q67. Which guitarist plays with a top hat in Guns N’ Roses?

    ✅ Answer: Slash

    💡 Slash’s riff on “Sweet Child o’ Mine” is one of rock’s most famous.

69. Q68. Which band released “Smoke on the Water” in 1972?

    ✅ Answer: Deep Purple

    💡 The song describes a fire at a casino in Montreux, Switzerland, during a Frank Zappa concert.

70. Q69. Which 1969 festival in New York State drew around 400,000 people?

    ✅ Answer: Woodstock

    💡 Woodstock was held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York.

71. Q70. Which band had a hit with “Livin’ on a Prayer” in 1986?

    ✅ Answer: Bon Jovi

    💡 The song came from the album Slippery When Wet.

72. Q71. Which artist is known as the “King of Pop”?

    ✅ Answer: Michael Jackson

    💡 Michael Jackson’s 1982 album Thriller is estimated to be the best-selling album of all time.

73. Q72. Which singer is known as the “Queen of Pop”?

    ✅ Answer: Madonna

    💡 Madonna is the best-selling female recording artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records.

74. Q73. Which girl group was Beyoncé a member of before going solo?

    ✅ Answer: Destiny’s Child

    💡 Destiny’s Child hits include “Say My Name” and “Survivor”.

75. Q74. Which artist released the album 21, featuring “Rolling in the Deep”?

    ✅ Answer: Adele

    💡 Adele’s 21 was the world’s best-selling album of both 2011 and 2012.

76. Q75. Elvis Presley was known by which nickname?

    ✅ Answer: The King of Rock and Roll

    💡 Elvis’s home, Graceland, in Memphis is one of the most-visited houses in the US.

77. Q76. Which singer had a hit with “Purple Rain”?

    ✅ Answer: Prince

    💡 Purple Rain was also the name of Prince’s 1984 film and album.

78. Q77. Which British band had hits with “Wannabe” and “Spice Up Your Life”?

    ✅ Answer: Spice Girls

    💡 “Wannabe” topped the charts in over 30 countries in 1996–97.

79. Q78. Which singer’s fans are known as “Little Monsters”?

    ✅ Answer: Lady Gaga

    💡 Gaga calls herself “Mother Monster”.

80. Q79. Which Swedish band won Eurovision in 1974 with “Waterloo”?

    ✅ Answer: ABBA

    💡 ABBA became one of the best-selling acts in music history.

81. Q80. Which singer had a hit with “Shape of You” in 2017?

    ✅ Answer: Ed Sheeran

    💡 “Shape of You” became one of the most-streamed songs ever on Spotify.

82. Q81. Which singer famously moonwalked on stage for the first time in 1983?

    ✅ Answer: Michael Jackson

    💡 Jackson debuted the move while performing “Billie Jean” on a Motown TV special.

83. Q82. Which Barbadian singer had a global hit with “Umbrella” in 2007?

    ✅ Answer: Rihanna

    💡 “Umbrella”, featuring Jay-Z, topped the charts in many countries.

84. Q83. Which singer released the album Thank U, Next in 2019?

    ✅ Answer: Ariana Grande

    💡 The title track became a number one hit in the US and UK.

85. Q84. Which Colombian singer performed “Hips Don’t Lie”?

    ✅ Answer: Shakira

    💡 Shakira also sang “Waka Waka”, the official song of the 2010 World Cup.

86. Q85. Which singer had a 1990s hit with “I Will Always Love You”, written by Dolly Parton?

    ✅ Answer: Whitney Houston

    💡 Houston’s version appeared in the 1992 film The Bodyguard.

87. Q86. Which artist won the Grammy for Album of the Year at age 18 for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

    ✅ Answer: Billie Eilish

    💡 In 2020 she became the youngest person to win all four main Grammy categories in one night.

88. Q87. Which singer-songwriter released the album Fearless, which won Album of the Year in 2010?

    ✅ Answer: Taylor Swift

    💡 Taylor Swift was 20, at the time the youngest Album of the Year winner.

89. Q88. Which singer is nicknamed “The Material Girl” after one of her hits?

    ✅ Answer: Madonna

    💡 “Material Girl” was released in 1985.

90. Q89. Which song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee became a global hit in 2017?

    ✅ Answer: Despacito

    💡 Its music video was the first on YouTube to pass five billion views.

91. Q90. Which singer’s debut single was “...Baby One More Time” in 1998?

    ✅ Answer: Britney Spears

    💡 The song topped the charts in more than 20 countries.

92. Q91. How many keys does a standard modern piano have?

    ✅ Answer: 88

    💡 A standard piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys.

93. Q92. Which instrument family does the trumpet belong to?

    ✅ Answer: Brass

    💡 Brass players make sound by buzzing their lips into a mouthpiece.

94. Q93. How many strings does a standard violin have?

    ✅ Answer: Four

    💡 The violin’s strings are tuned to G, D, A and E.

95. Q94. Which instrument is the largest in the string family of the orchestra?

    ✅ Answer: Double bass

    💡 The double bass is usually played standing up or sitting on a high stool.

96. Q95. Despite being made of metal, the saxophone belongs to which family?

    ✅ Answer: Woodwind

    💡 The saxophone uses a single reed, like a clarinet, so it counts as woodwind.

97. Q96. Which instrument is associated with Scotland and uses a bag of air?

    ✅ Answer: Bagpipes

    💡 The player inflates the bag, which feeds air to the chanter and drones.

98. Q97. The sitar is a traditional instrument from which country?

    ✅ Answer: India

    💡 Ravi Shankar made the sitar famous worldwide and taught George Harrison of The Beatles.

99. Q98. How many strings does a standard guitar have?

    ✅ Answer: Six

    💡 A standard guitar is tuned E, A, D, G, B, E.

100. Q99. Which instrument does a timpanist play?

     ✅ Answer: Kettle drums

     💡 Timpani can be tuned to specific notes using a pedal.

101. Q100. Which Australian Aboriginal wind instrument is a long wooden tube?

     ✅ Answer: Didgeridoo

     💡 Players use circular breathing to produce a continuous drone.

102. Q101. Who invented the saxophone in the 1840s?

     ✅ Answer: Adolphe Sax

     💡 Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax patented it in 1846.

103. Q102. Who is credited with inventing the piano around 1700?

     ✅ Answer: Bartolomeo Cristofori

     💡 Cristofori, in Florence, built a keyboard that could play both soft (piano) and loud (forte).

104. Q103. Which famous Italian craftsman’s violins are among the most valuable instruments in the world?

     ✅ Answer: Antonio Stradivari

     💡 Stradivarius violins have sold for more than 15 million dollars.

105. Q104. Which instrument usually gives the tuning note “A” to the rest of the orchestra?

     ✅ Answer: Oboe

     💡 The oboe’s steady, penetrating tone makes it ideal for tuning.

106. Q105. The ukulele is most closely associated with which place?

     ✅ Answer: Hawaii

     💡 It was developed in Hawaii in the 1880s from small guitars brought by Portuguese immigrants.

107. Q106. Which brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves?

     ✅ Answer: Trombone

     💡 Moving the slide changes the length of the tube and the note produced.

108. Q107. What are the two main types of harmonica based on how notes are arranged?

     ✅ Answer: Diatonic and chromatic

     💡 Chromatic harmonicas have a button-operated slide to play extra notes.

109. Q108. A koto is a traditional stringed instrument from which country?

     ✅ Answer: Japan

     💡 The koto is a long zither with movable bridges, played with finger picks.

110. Q109. Which keyboard instrument produces sound by plucking strings rather than striking them?

     ✅ Answer: Harpsichord

     💡 Harpsichord keys lift a small quill or plectrum that plucks the string.

111. Q110. Which instrument family includes the flute, clarinet and bassoon?

     ✅ Answer: Woodwind

     💡 The flute is a woodwind even when made of metal, because of how its sound is produced.

112. Q111. Which composer continued to write music after becoming almost completely deaf?

     ✅ Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

     💡 Beethoven composed his Ninth Symphony while profoundly deaf.

113. Q112. Who composed The Four Seasons?

     ✅ Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

     💡 Vivaldi’s set of four violin concertos was published in 1725.

114. Q113. Which composer wrote the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?

     ✅ Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

     💡 Tchaikovsky also wrote the 1812 Overture, famous for its cannon fire.

115. Q114. Which composer was a child prodigy from Salzburg who wrote over 600 works?

     ✅ Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

     💡 Mozart was composing by the age of five and died aged 35 in 1791.

116. Q115. Who composed the oratorio Messiah, which includes the “Hallelujah” chorus?

     ✅ Answer: George Frideric Handel

     💡 Handel wrote Messiah in about three weeks in 1741.

117. Q116. Which Baroque composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos?

     ✅ Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

     💡 Bach presented the six concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721.

118. Q117. Which Polish composer wrote mostly for solo piano, including many nocturnes and mazurkas?

     ✅ Answer: Frédéric Chopin

     💡 Chopin was born near Warsaw and spent most of his adult life in Paris.

119. Q118. The “Ode to Joy”, the anthem of the European Union, comes from which work?

     ✅ Answer: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

     💡 Beethoven set Friedrich Schiller’s poem in the symphony’s final movement.

120. Q119. Which Italian composer wrote the operas La traviata and Aida?

     ✅ Answer: Giuseppe Verdi

     💡 Aida premiered in Cairo in 1871.

121. Q120. Which composer wrote the famous wedding march from A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

     ✅ Answer: Felix Mendelssohn

     💡 Wagner wrote the other famous wedding march, “Here Comes the Bride”, from Lohengrin.

122. Q121. Which Austrian composer was known as “The Waltz King”?

     ✅ Answer: Johann Strauss II

     💡 His waltzes include The Blue Danube.

123. Q122. Who composed the operas Madama Butterfly and La bohème?

     ✅ Answer: Giacomo Puccini

     💡 Puccini’s Turandot includes the famous aria “Nessun dorma”.

124. Q123. Which Russian composer’s ballet The Rite of Spring caused a near-riot at its 1913 Paris premiere?

     ✅ Answer: Igor Stravinsky

     💡 Its harsh rhythms and dissonance shocked the audience.

125. Q124. Which English composer wrote the Pomp and Circumstance Marches?

     ✅ Answer: Edward Elgar

     💡 March No. 1 includes the tune of “Land of Hope and Glory”.

126. Q125. Who composed The Planets, with movements such as “Mars” and “Jupiter”?

     ✅ Answer: Gustav Holst

     💡 Holst wrote The Planets between 1914 and 1917.

127. Q126. Which French composer wrote “Clair de lune”?

     ✅ Answer: Claude Debussy

     💡 “Clair de lune” is the third movement of Debussy’s Suite bergamasque.

128. Q127. Which composer wrote the Ring cycle, four operas lasting about 15 hours in total?

     ✅ Answer: Richard Wagner

     💡 Wagner even designed a theatre at Bayreuth to stage it.

129. Q128. Which composer’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is one of the best-known pieces of classical music?

     ✅ Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

     💡 The title means “a little night music”; Mozart completed it in 1787.

130. Q129. Which Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer wrote the Hungarian Rhapsodies?

     ✅ Answer: Franz Liszt

     💡 Liszt’s concerts caused such excitement that the term “Lisztomania” was coined.

131. Q130. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 begins with a famous four-note motif. How is it often described?

     ✅ Answer: Short-short-short-long

     💡 The “da-da-da-dum” opening is one of the most recognisable phrases in music.

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