Learning about the musical rock stars of their respective eras is important to do well on the MAT. For the Miller Analogies Test, you have to know the most important musicians and composers throughout history and be familiar with their major works. These lists keep you in tune with the major musicians and composers, and the most important musical works.
Important composers and musicians that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important composers and musicians you should become familiar with before taking the MAT.
Armstrong, Louis: Famous American jazz trumpeter and singer
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Baroque German composer known for his Mass in B Mi-nor
Beethoven, Ludwig van: German pianist and composer of the classical and roman-tic eras
Brahms, Johannes: Romantic German composer known for piano works
Caruso, Enrico: Italian tenor opera singer
Chopin, Frederic: Polish composer known for piano works
Copland, Aaron: American composer who wrote Billy the Kid
Debussy, Claude: French composer who wrote impressionist music
Ellington, Duke: American composer and big-band leader
Gershwin, George: American composer and pianist who wrote Porgy and Bess
Gilbert and Sullivan: English comic opera composers who wrote The Pirates of Penzance
Handel, George Frideric: German composer famous for operas and The Messiah
Haydn, Joseph: Austrian composer called the “Father of the Symphony”
Mendelssohn, Felix: German composer who wrote the Italian Symphony
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Austrian composer who wrote The Magic Flute
Puccini, Giacomo: Italian opera composer who wrote La Bohème
Purcell, Henry: Baroque English composer
Schubert, Franz: Austrian composer known for his Lieder and symphonies
Sousa, John Philip: American composer who wrote The Stars and Stripes Forever
Strauss, Richard: German composer known for the opera Salome
Stravinsky, Igor: Russian ballet composer who wrote The Firebird
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Russian composer who wrote The Queen of Spades
Verdi, Giuseppe: Italian opera composer who wrote Rigoletto
Vivaldi, Antonio: Venetian composer known for violin works
Important musical works that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important musical works you should become familiar with before taking the MAT.
Amazing Grace: Christian hymn by Englishman John Newton
America: Patriotic American song; lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith
America the Beautiful: Patriotic American song by Samuel A. Ward and Katharine Lee Bates
Auld Lang Syne: Scots poem–based folk song used to celebrate the New Year
Carmen: Opera by the French composer Georges Bizet
Don Giovanni: Opera by Mozart
Frère Jacques: French nursery melody sung in a round
God Bless America: American patriotic song by Irving Berlin
Greensleeves: English folk song and tune
Madame Butterfly: Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Messiah: Oratorio by Handel
The Star-Spangled Banner: National anthem of the United States, by Francis Scott Key
Swan Lake: Ballet by Tchaikovsky
La Traviata: Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
