Beethoven's Life
What is Beethoven's full name?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Name 3 instruments which Beethoven played.
Piano, organ and violin.
Beethoven composed only one ________ (genres of classical music)
opera / and one ballet
Beethoven was a very angry and unsocial man. Once, Beethoven even attempted to break a ______ over the head of Prince Lichnowsky, one of his most loyal patrons and friends.
chair
When was Beethoven born?
16 December 1770
What country and city did Beethoven move to and live in for most of his life?
Vienna, Austria
What was one of his most famous sonatas "The Moonlight Sonata"?
"The Moonlight Sonata"
Beethoven shouted at the palace one of his patrons, Prince Lobkowitz's, "Lobkowitz is a _______!" (Name that animal)
a donkey
What problem did Beethoven's father have?
He was abusive towards him
What do the first 4 notes of Beethoven's 5th symphony sound like?
HIGH HIGH HIGH (da da da)LOW duuun
What was the name of the only opera that Beethoven wrote?
Fidelio
What school subjects did Beethoven struggle as a student (and also later in life)?
Sums and spelling
What country and town was Beethoven born in?
Germany, Bonn
What name do we know Beethoven's 9th symphony by?
Ode to Joy
What did Beethoven usually do after a period of crisis in his life?
Compose music
What other famous composer did Beethoven study with?
Haydn
Whose army marched through Europe in Beethoven's time?
Napoleon
Beethoven was under the impression that he had a different birth year from that in official papers. How many years older or younger did he claim to be?
2 years younger
How old was Beethoven when he gave his first concert?
7 years old
How many songs did Beethoven write?
72