In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

In this composer's first opera, Arindal gains immortality with Ada. In addition to The Fairies, this man wrote an opera in which the title character rejects the Venusberg and the Pope's staff sprouts leaves; that opera is Tannhauser. Walther performs the "Prize Song" to gain entry in to the title guild in this composer's The (*) Mastersingers of Nuremberg, and this man frequently used the leitmotif. In one of his operas, the Liebestod aria is sung by Isolde over Tristan's dead body, and in another, Brunnhilde appears with the title group after the "Ride of the Valkyries." For 10 points, The Rheingold is the first opera in what German composer's Ring Cycle
Fine Arts

He failed to win the Prix de Rome five times. His piano cycles include Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, and he was fascinated by the east as evidenced by Tzigone, a work inspired by gypsy music. He composed adaptations of three of Tristan Klingsor's Sherezade poems and wrote two full length operas, The Spanish Hour and The Child and His Spells. FTP, name this French composer who modified Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, most famous for his repetitive Bolero.
Fine Arts

A nymph raped by this god had her wish granted to become a male warrior, and he fathered twins while disguised as Enipeus. Alongside his nephew, this god helped build the walls of Troy. He fathered a horse able to speak with his sister while in the form of a stallion. Erechtheus was the emissary of this god, who slept with Aethra on the same night as Aegeus and may have fathered Theseus. This husband of Amphitrite cursed Odysseus's voyage home after Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus. For 10 points, name this Greek god of seas and earthquakes who wields a trident.

Social Science

