“Who Wrote Clair De Lune?”: Test Your Knowledge Of Classical Music In 16 Questions

As a kid, I always listened to classical music with my grandma (on vinyl). I sort of hated other kinds of music. When I was 8 or 9, my parents got me "Mozart was here" on CD for Christmas. That's the first part of a German series of radio plays about famous composers to introduce children to classical music in a light and playful way. I was blown away and got all of the following parts as gifts over the next years (like "Roll over Beethoven" or "Viva Vivaldi"). That's also when I decided to learn the piano. In hindsight, it was the greatest gift I ever got. But of course I was bullied by my schoolmates, the weird kid that only listens to "Schwuchtel Musik" ("faggôts music", no pun intended). Since then, I broadened my musical horizon veeeeryyyy much and I love all kinds of music, but classical is still my first love and it has given me an approach and understanding to music I'm certain I wouldn't have without it.

I grew up in a household where the only style playing was classical, and then on one station. We listened to music on vinyl naturally. Then gradually switched over to CD. But years later. And yes I was viewed strangely in school, both in elementary and worse in high school. They didn't know or even believe that I could hear how badly their donated piano sounded.