EARLY LIFE
MIDDLE LIFE
LATE LIFE
FAMILY
MUSIC
100

The year he was born.

What is 1770?

100

Beethoven fell in love with Gioletta Giacardi 1801, and wrote this piece for her.

What is the Moonlight Sonata?

100

This person was the "Immortal Beloved."

Who is UNKNOWN?

100

His father's biggest problem, or disease.

What is being an alcoholic?

100

The composer who said "Watch out for this boy. One day he will give the world something to talk about."

Who is Mozart?

200
Beethoven was born in this city.

What is Bonn?

200

Funded by Bonn noblemen, he moved to this Austrian city when he was 16.

What is Vienna?

200

Written in 1824, his 9th Symphony was the first symphony to do this.

What is use a chorus?

200

The tragedy in his life in 1787.

What is his mother's death?

200

Symphony No. 3, entitled "Eroica" was originally dedicated to this ruler.

Who is Napoleon?

300

His first instrument.

What is the piano?

300

His biggest tragedy, or curse, as a musician.

What is going deaf?

300

In 1820, this relative came to live with him after a five-year court case.

Who is his nephew (Carl)?

300

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?

300

Beethoven's only opera.

What is Fidelio?

400

His father did this to Beethoven almost daily.

What is beat him and locked him in the cellar?

400

In 1800, at the age of 30, he did this for the first time.

What is write a symphony?

400

Four years before his death, he turned to writing this kind of music.

What is church music?

400

Who he married.

Who is no one?

400

A famous musician that taught Beethoven.

Who is Joseph Haydn?

500

Beethoven's first piano teacher.

Who is his father?

500

He dedicated this piece to his patron, Prince Lichnowski.

What is the Pathetique Sonata?

500
As he lay on his deathbed, this atmospheric disturbance was happening.

What is a thunderstorm?

500

His parents had seven children, but only this many (including Beethoven) survived beyond infancy.

What is three?

500

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?