Composer quiz

How it works

Each round has ten questions about the 24 composers on this site. Pick an answer and the quiz shows whether it was right, with one more fact about the composer or the piece. At the end, the quiz lists the composers behind any questions you missed, with a link to read about each one. Every round is different. Nothing is saved.

The four kinds of question

"Who wrote the piece?" names a piece and asks for its composer. "Who is the composer?" gives one fact and asks who it is. The other questions ask which era a composer belongs to, which country a composer was born in, and which of four composers was born first. Use the menu to practice one kind at a time.

The eras follow this site's guide to composers by era. A few composers lived across two eras, and other books may place them differently. Countries are named as they are on a map today.

How to use it with a child

Play it together and say the answers out loud. A child who has met five or six composers can try the piece questions first. After a wrong answer, play that piece or read that composer's page before the next round. The composer cards and the composer timeline cover the same facts.