Beethoven's Bio
The Country of Beethoven's Birth
Germany
Beethoven's Primary Instrument
Piano
The most important instrument family in the orchestra
strings
the main part, or tune, or a song
melody
Century of Beethoven's Birth
1700s
Number of Symphonies Beethoven Composed
Nine
This type of piece is a multi-section piece for an orchestra, and we're studying one of Beethoven's today
symphony
music that supports the melody
accompaniment
Century of Beethoven's Death
1800s
The popular title of the piece heard here
Für Elise
This instrument consists of large pitched drums played with mallets, and are often used in the orchestra
timpani
the distinct quality of a sound
timbre
Beethoven's First Name
Ludwig
Beethoven only wrote one of these musical staged dramas, which he titled Fidelio
opera
The lowest-pitched instrument in the orchestra
double bass
this term refers to the numbers of musical layers in a piece of music
texture
in 1792, Beethoven moved from his hometown to this City
Vienna, Austria
Later in his life, Beethoven famously lost this bodily sense
hearing
The highest-pitched instrument in the orchestra
piccolo
how music unfolds over time