RCM Level 10 History| Finals Exam
2025/2026| Questions and Answers Set
Which of the following composers is considered a key figure in the development of the
symphonic poem?
Franz Liszt
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Which composer’s works, including *The Nutcracker* and *Swan Lake*, are prime examples of
the Romantic ballet repertoire?
Frédéric Chopin
Camille Saint-Saëns
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Johannes Brahms
The opera *Die Walküre* is part of which larger cycle of operas?
The Ring Cycle
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Magic Flute
Don Giovanni
1
,Which composer, associated with the Viennese School, was pivotal in the development of
symphonic and string quartet forms during the Classical period?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
Which composer is best known for his innovations in orchestration and his use of color in works
like *La Mer* and *Pelléas et Mélisande*?
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Igor Stravinsky
Erik Satie
Which of these works by Gustav Mahler is known for its philosophical and emotional depth,
especially the Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"?
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Symphony No. 5
2
,Which composer is credited with the transformation of the symphonic form and is known for his
late string quartets and symphonies?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Johannes Brahms
Felix Mendelssohn
Who was the leading composer of the French symphonic and operatic tradition in the 19th
century, known for works such as *Carmen*?
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
Georges Bizet
Camille Saint-Saëns
Which 20th-century composer is considered a leader in the development of atonal music and the
twelve-tone technique?
Claude Debussy
Arnold Schoenberg
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Which English composer’s works, including *The Planets*, represent the culmination of the late
Romantic and early 20th-century British orchestral style?
3
, Benjamin Britten
Gustav Holst
Edward Elgar
William Walton
Which of the following composers was a key figure in the development of musical modernism
and created works such as *The Rite of Spring*?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The *St. Matthew Passion* and *The Well-Tempered Clavier* are major works of which
composer?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Friedrich Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which composer’s *Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55* is also known as the “Eroica” and
represents a major shift in symphonic writing?
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4
2025/2026| Questions and Answers Set
Which of the following composers is considered a key figure in the development of the
symphonic poem?
Franz Liszt
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Which composer’s works, including *The Nutcracker* and *Swan Lake*, are prime examples of
the Romantic ballet repertoire?
Frédéric Chopin
Camille Saint-Saëns
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Johannes Brahms
The opera *Die Walküre* is part of which larger cycle of operas?
The Ring Cycle
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Magic Flute
Don Giovanni
1
,Which composer, associated with the Viennese School, was pivotal in the development of
symphonic and string quartet forms during the Classical period?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
Which composer is best known for his innovations in orchestration and his use of color in works
like *La Mer* and *Pelléas et Mélisande*?
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Igor Stravinsky
Erik Satie
Which of these works by Gustav Mahler is known for its philosophical and emotional depth,
especially the Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"?
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Symphony No. 5
2
,Which composer is credited with the transformation of the symphonic form and is known for his
late string quartets and symphonies?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Johannes Brahms
Felix Mendelssohn
Who was the leading composer of the French symphonic and operatic tradition in the 19th
century, known for works such as *Carmen*?
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
Georges Bizet
Camille Saint-Saëns
Which 20th-century composer is considered a leader in the development of atonal music and the
twelve-tone technique?
Claude Debussy
Arnold Schoenberg
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Which English composer’s works, including *The Planets*, represent the culmination of the late
Romantic and early 20th-century British orchestral style?
3
, Benjamin Britten
Gustav Holst
Edward Elgar
William Walton
Which of the following composers was a key figure in the development of musical modernism
and created works such as *The Rite of Spring*?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The *St. Matthew Passion* and *The Well-Tempered Clavier* are major works of which
composer?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Friedrich Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which composer’s *Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55* is also known as the “Eroica” and
represents a major shift in symphonic writing?
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4
