1. Scholar Bowl Study Guide
Musicians & Composers
Scholar Bowl Study Guide

2. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750 German Baroque
“Brandenburg Concertos”
“Well-Tempered Clavier”

3. Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 – 1827 German Classical “Moonlight Sonata”
“Ninth Symphony” – contains “Ode to Joy”

4. Irving Berlin 1888 – 1989 American “White Christmas”
“God Bless America”
“Puttin’ on the Ritz”
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1968

5. Aaron Copland
1900 – 1990
American
Modern
“Appalachian Spring”

6. Sir Edward William Elgar
1857 – 1934
English
Romanticism
“Pomp & Circumstance”

7. George Gershwin 1898 – 1937 American “I Got Rhythm” “Rhapsody in Blue”
“An American in Paris”
1st to win Pulitzer Prize in music 1931
Brother Ira wrote lyrics

8. George Frederic Handel
1685 – 1759
German
Baroque
“Messiah”
“Royal Fireworks Music”

9. Franz Joseph Haydn
1732 – 1791
Austrian
Classical
“Surprise Symphony”

10. Julia Ward Howe
1819 – 1910
American
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”

11. Scott Joplin
1868 – 1917
American
“Mississippi Rag”
“Maple Leaf Rag”

12. Francis Scott Key
1779 – 1843
American
“Star Spangled Banner”

13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756 – 1791
Austrian
Classical
“The Marriage of Figaro”
“Don Giovanni”
“Jupiter Symphony”
“The Magic Flute”

14. Giacomo Puccini 1858 – 1924 Italian Romantic “La Boheme” “Tosca”
“Madame Butterfly”
“Turandot”

15. Gioacchino Rossini 1792 – 1868 Italian Romantic “William Tell”
“Barber of Seville”
“Cinderella”

16. John Philip Sousa 1854 – 1932 American Known as the “March King”
Leader of the U.S. Marine Corps Band
“Washington Post March”
“The Stars & Stripes Forever”

17. Johann Strauss 1825 – 1899 Austrian The younger Johann Strauss
Known as the “Waltz King”
“Blue Danube Waltz”

18. Igor Stravinsky 1882 – 1971 American (Russian born) Modern
“Rite of Spring”
Operas & ballets

19. Peter Tchaikovsky 1840 – 1893 Russian Romantic “Swan Lake” – ballet
“1812 Overture”
“The Nutcracker” – ballet
“Sleeping Beauty” - ballet

20. Giuseppe Verdi 1813 – 1901 Italian Foremost Italian composer of opera
“Aida”
“Rigoletto”
“La Traviata”

21. Antonio Vivaldi
1677 – 1741
Italian
Baroque
“The Four Seasons”

22. Richard Wagner 1813 – 1883 German Romantic “Ring of the Nibelungen”
“The Flying Dutchman”

23. Andrew Lloyd Weber 1948 – present English
“Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
“Jesus Christ Superstar”
“Cats”
“Phantom of the Opera”
“Evita”

24. Gilbert & Sullivan Sir William Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan English
“The Pirates of Penzance”
“H. M. S. Pinafore”

25. Rodgers & Hammerstein Richard Rodgers – composer
Oscar Hammerstein – lyricist
American
“The Sound of Music”
“Oklahoma”
“South Pacific”
“The King and I”