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Quiz about The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven Quiz

These questions come from a book I'm reading, "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music" by Jan Swafford. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by angelpineapple. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
angelpineapple

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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107,696

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in what city in which year? Hint

Bonn, 1770

Munich, 1772

Vienna, 1772

Halle, 1770

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Question 2 of 10

2. Beethoven first appeared as a performer at what age? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Eroica") was originally titled what?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the 1802 Heiligenstadt Testament, Beethoven wrote that he wanted to die but something held him back. What was it? Hint

fear of God

music

composing

love

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Question 5 of 10

5. Beethoven last performed as a pianist in what year? Hint

1800

1813

1828

1814

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which symphony number is "Ode to Joy"?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Beethoven died on March 26 of what year? Hint

1827

1831

1830

1826

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which symphony is considered Beethoven's most famous work?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Beethoven was a bridge between what two periods? Hint

Renaissance and Baroque

Romantic and Modern

Classical and Romantic

Baroque and Classical

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Question 10 of 10

10. When Beethoven left for Vienna in 1792, Count Waldstein told him to "Receive the spirit of ________ from the hands of ________." Hint

Bach, Mozart

Mozart, Haydn

Haydn, Mozart

Handel, Haydn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in what city in which year?

Answer: Bonn, 1770

His father, Johann, held a minor singing post at court and his mother, Maria, was the daughter of a court cook.

2. Beethoven first appeared as a performer at what age?

Answer: 7

Beethoven did not make an impression on his audience.

3. Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Eroica") was originally titled what?

Answer: Bonaparte

Beethoven changed it to "Eroica" after Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed himself emperor.

4. In the 1802 Heiligenstadt Testament, Beethoven wrote that he wanted to die but something held him back. What was it?

Answer: music

This was written as a letter to his brothers which he never mailed but kept with him the rest of his life. He calls it his "art" (i.e., his music).

5. Beethoven last performed as a pianist in what year?

Answer: 1814

Beethoven started going deaf at the turn of the century. At this performance, it had become sadly apparent that he could not always hear what he played. After 1819, all conversations with him had to be written down.

6. Which symphony number is "Ode to Joy"?

Answer: 9

"Ode to Joy" is a hymn to the joy which he felt was forever lost to him when he wrote Heiligenstat Testament.

7. Beethoven died on March 26 of what year?

Answer: 1827

It was storming on the day he died. Franz Schubert was one of the torchbearers at his funeral. This was the symbolic passing the torch of the unparalleled Viennese tradition.

8. Which symphony is considered Beethoven's most famous work?

Answer: 5

The first movement is so short for a symphonic subject that it was originally taken as a joke.

9. Beethoven was a bridge between what two periods?

Answer: Classical and Romantic

Classical music is music which was written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The chief composers of this style of music are Haydn, Mozart, and early Beethoven. This music flourished chiefly in Vienna, and is characterized by its periodic structure, and the expanded and developed length as compared to that of the Baroque.

The term "classical music" is now also erroneously taken to mean any music of the Baroque through late-Romantic eras. Romantic is the era of music following the Classical era and ending around 1900.

The compositions of the Romantic era are characterized by great, large ensembles, great dynamic fluctuations from fff to ppp , less tonal and melodic tunes, more discordant, atonal pieces, and immense, long compositions.

The piano is a prominent instrument of the Romantic era. Major Romantic composers include: Fr�d�ric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Hector Berlioz, Franz Schubert, etc. Beethoven's works were based somewhat on what his predecessors wrote.

His compositions were also studied by future composers.

10. When Beethoven left for Vienna in 1792, Count Waldstein told him to "Receive the spirit of ________ from the hands of ________."

Answer: Mozart, Haydn

Mozart had died the year before in Vienna.

Source: Author angelpineapple

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