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Classical Music Composers' Deaths

Test your knowledge about the deaths of famous classical music composers.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In what year did Ludwig van Beethoven die?

  1. 1827
  2. 1828
  3. 1829
  4. 1830
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the cause of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death?

  1. Poisoning
  2. Tuberculosis
  3. Heart failure
  4. Stroke
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At what age did Johann Sebastian Bach die?

  1. 65
  2. 70
  3. 75
  4. 80
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer died in a duel?

  1. Franz Schubert
  2. Robert Schumann
  3. Frederic Chopin
  4. Alexander Borodin
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the cause of death for Igor Stravinsky?

  1. Heart failure
  2. Cancer
  3. Pneumonia
  4. Stroke
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In what city did Johannes Brahms die?

  1. Vienna
  2. Berlin
  3. Hamburg
  4. Leipzig
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer died by suicide?

  1. Franz Schubert
  2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3. Gustav Mahler
  4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At what age did Claude Debussy die?

  1. 50
  2. 55
  3. 60
  4. 65
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer died in a plane crash?

  1. Igor Stravinsky
  2. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  3. Arnold Schoenberg
  4. Anton Webern
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the cause of death for Richard Wagner?

  1. Heart attack
  2. Stroke
  3. Cancer
  4. Pneumonia
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In what year did Frederic Chopin die?

  1. 1847
  2. 1848
  3. 1849
  4. 1850
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer died of syphilis?

  1. Franz Schubert
  2. Robert Schumann
  3. Frederic Chopin
  4. Hector Berlioz
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At what age did Gustav Mahler die?

  1. 50
  2. 55
  3. 60
  4. 65
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer died in a car accident?

  1. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  2. Arnold Schoenberg
  3. Anton Webern
  4. Olivier Messiaen
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