The year he was born.
What is 1770?
Beethoven fell in love with Gioletta Giacardi 1801, and wrote this piece for her.
What is the Moonlight Sonata?
This person was the "Immortal Beloved."
Who is UNKNOWN?
His father's biggest problem, or disease.
What is being an alcoholic?
The composer who said "Watch out for this boy. One day he will give the world something to talk about."
Who is Mozart?
What is Bonn?
Funded by Bonn noblemen, he moved to this Austrian city when he was 16.
What is Vienna?
Written in 1824, his 9th Symphony was the first symphony to do this.
What is use a chorus?
The tragedy in his life in 1787.
What is his mother's death?
Symphony No. 3, entitled "Eroica" was originally dedicated to this ruler.
Who is Napoleon?
His first instrument.
What is the piano?
His biggest tragedy, or curse, as a musician.
What is going deaf?
In 1820, this relative came to live with him after a five-year court case.
Who is his nephew (Carl)?
When Beethoven was 18, his father's drinking resulted in Beethoven doing this for the family.
What is become guardian of his brothers and head of the household?
Beethoven's only opera.
What is Fidelio?
His father did this to Beethoven almost daily.
What is beat him and locked him in the cellar?
In 1800, at the age of 30, he did this for the first time.
What is write a symphony?
Four years before his death, he turned to writing this kind of music.
What is church music?
Who he married.
Who is no one?
A famous musician that taught Beethoven.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
Beethoven's first piano teacher.
Who is his father?
He dedicated this piece to his patron, Prince Lichnowski.
What is the Pathetique Sonata?
What is a thunderstorm?
His parents had seven children, but only this many (including Beethoven) survived beyond infancy.
What is three?
Beethoven became quite proficient on this instrument when he took a job at the Bonn court (even though he barely knew it before.)
What is the viola?