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Beethoven’s birth and death dates
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Born: December 17, 1770
Died March 26, 1827
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City of Beethoven's birth
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Bonn, Germany
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What great composer did Beethoven meet and possibly have a few lessons
with during his first visit to Vienna |
Mozart
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Year in which Beethoven returned to Vienna to live there permanently
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1792
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Great composer who Beethoven studied with for a few years in Vienna
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Haydn
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How many “periods” are Beethoven’s compositions divided into
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3
early middle late |
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Beethoven’s Opus 2 No. 3, Piano Sonata was written in which of his periods
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EARLY
1796 |
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Beethoven dedicated Opus 2 No. 3 to
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Haydn
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Beethoven’s Pathetique Piano Sonata (Opus 13) is written in which of his
periods |
EARLY
1798 |
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How many symphonies did Beethoven write
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9
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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 the Eroica symphony |
French horn
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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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Which one of Beethoven’s periods are his Opus 59 string quartets written in
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Middle
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Who are the Opus 59 string quartets dedicated to
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Count Razumovsky
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