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Beethoven’s birth and death years
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Beethoven’s Birth (1770) and Death (1827)
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2. City of Beethoven’s birth
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2.) He was born in Bonn, Germany
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3. What great composer did Beethoven meet during his first visit to Vienna
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3.) Met Mozart in Vienna in 1787
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4. Year in which Beethoven returned to Vienna to live there permanently
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4.) Moved to Vienna in 1792…
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5. Great composer who Beethoven studied with for a few years in Vienna
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5.) …to study with Haydn
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6. How many “periods” are Beethoven’s compositions divided into
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Three periods of Beethoven: -Early (1802): wrote lots of piano sonatas and quartets, traditional, solo keyboard, first symphony in 1800 -Middle (1803-1814): moved towards writing for large orchestras, publishers, eroica symphony dedicated to napoleon, Fidelio, 5th/6th, Pastoral -Mature (1814-1827): started mixing elements of old baroque composers into symphonies, 9th Symphony
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7. Beethoven’s Opus 2 No. 3, Piano Sonata was written in which of his periods
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7.) Opus 2 No. 3 was written in Beethoven’s early period…
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8. Beethoven dedicated Opus 2 No. 3 to
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8.) …it was dedicated to Joseph Haydn
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Beethoven’s Pathetique Piano Sonata (Opus 13) is written in which one of his periods
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9.) Beethoven wrote Pathetique in his early period
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10. How many symphonies did Beethoven write
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10.) Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies
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11. What is the title of Beethoven’s only opera
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Fidelio
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What instrument is involved in the unusual/false recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven’s Eroica symphony
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French Horn
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13. Who was Beethoven honoring when he introduced a Russian melody as the principal theme for the finale of the Opus 59, No. 1 String Quartet
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Prince Razumovsky, Russia’s ambassador to Vienna in 1792
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14. In which of Beethoven’s periods are his Opus 59 string quartets written
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Middle
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15. How many quartets are in Beethoven’s Opus 59
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Three
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