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An Early Beethoven Birthday Quiz…

Pop CultureThe State of the Arts

In honor of Beethoven’s Birthday tomorrow,  (what would have been his 247th,) here’s a little listening quiz to see how well you know his works. Can you name all twelve of them?

An Early Beethoven Birthday Quiz…
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And here are the answers to the pieces in the montage – click and drag over the space below to reveal them.

  1. Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
  2. Symphony No. 5
  3. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor
  4. Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
  5. Symphony No. 2
  6. Coriolan Overture
  7. String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor
  8. Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
  9. “Bei Männern” Variations (from Mozart’s Magic Flute)
  10. Septet
  11. Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique” mvt. 2
  12. Symphony No. 8

 

Pop CultureThe State of the Arts
Written by:
Jeffrey Freymann
Jeffrey Freymann
Published on 05.11.2018
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