Overtures Quiz

Guess the composers of these famous overtures.

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Last updated: August 27, 2015

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Some are concert overtures (written as a stand-alone piece) and some are operas or operettas whose overtures have often eclipsed the actual work in terms of fame and/or popularity.

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Hint	Answer
Hebrides Overture	Felix Mendelssohn
Festive Overture	Dmitri Shostakovich
1812 Overture	Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
Academic Festival Overture	Johannes Brahms
Cockaigne Overture	Edward Elgar
Light Cavalry Overture	Franz von Suppe
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood	Hamish MacCunn
The Flying Dutchman	Richard Wagner
The Magic Flute	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Merry Widow	Franz Lehar
Die Fledermaus	Johann Strauss (the Younger)
Ruslan and Ludmila	Mikhail Glinka
The Barber of Seville	Giacomo Rossini
Egmont Overture	Ludwig van Beethoven

Level 39

Aug 27, 2015

I knew who composed some of the ones I didn't get, but that was because I couldn't spell them! ;-) Don't know "The Land of the Mountain and the Flood" though. Where is that from?

Level 83

Aug 28, 2015

It's a patriotic festival overture about Scotland by the 19th-century composer MacCunn. Listen to it if you get chance - it's great!

Level 56

Nov 21, 2022

You should add OK Overture :)