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| Beethoven’s birth and death dates |
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| City of Beethoven’s birth |
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| Beethoven’s first visit to Vienna was in what year |
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| What great composer did Beethoven meet and possibly have a few lessons with during his first visit to Vienna |
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| Year in which Beethoven returned to Vienna to live there permanently |
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| Great composer who Beethoven studied with for a few years in Vienna |
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| Was Beethoven as facile in writing symphonies as Mozart or Haydn, yes or no |
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| What year ends Beethoven’s “first period” |
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| How many “periods” are Beethoven’s compositions divided into |
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| What are the start and end years for periods after Beethoven’s first period |
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| the middle period was from 1803-1814, and the late period was from 1815 up to 1827 |
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| Beethoven’s Opus 2 No. 3, Piano Sonata was written in which of his periods |
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| Beethoven dedicated Opus 2 No. 3 to |
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| Beethoven’s Pathetique Piano Sonata (Opus 13) is written in which of his periods |
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| The introduction of the Pathetique Piano Sonata is marked with what performance instruction |
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| grave Allegro di molto e con brio |
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| The form of the last movement of the Pathetique Piano Sonata is (ABA, Rondo…) |
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| The name of Beethoven’s nephew for who he was guardian |
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| How many symphonies did Beethoven write |
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| The instrument on which Beethoven gave many concerts |
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The Third Symphony, the Erioca is written in which of Beethoven’s periods
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Did Beethoven seek a “court appointment” as a composer in Vienna, yes or no
If no to the previous question, how would Beethoven have supported himself |
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| no-annual stipends or single gifts from members of the aristocracy; income from subscription concerts, concerts, and lessons; and proceeds from sales of his works. |
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| In the first movement of the Eroica symphony, what is unusual about the recapitulation |
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| he recapitulation starts with the main theme with original scoring, and, as in the exposition, falls down to C? (b.402), but resolves in a different direction. . Unlike in the exposition, the harmony moves to the dominant seventh of the supertonic. |
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| What instrument is involved in the unusual recapitulation in the first movement of the Eroica symphony |
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| The second movement in the Eroica symphony is what kind of march |
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| What is the title of Beethoven’s only opera |
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| At least how many overtures did Beethoven write for his only opera |
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| The Opus 18 string quartets are written in Beethoven’s early period. What period are his Opus 59 string quartets written in |
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| Who are the Opus 59 string quartets dedicated to |
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| Name two instruments that were used in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony that were not used in symphonies before that time |
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| What referential name is given to Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony |
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| Beethoven’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies were premiered on the same evening in what year |
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| How many movements are in Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony |
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| Name one of the referential titles for one of the movements in Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony |
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Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country): allegro ma non troppo
Szene am Bach (Scene at the brook): andante molto mosso
Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Happy gathering of country folk): allegro
Gewitter. Sturm (Thunderstorm; Storm): allegro
Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Shepherds' song; cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm): allegretto
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| What year were Beethoven’s Symphonies #7 and 8 completed |
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| What is the name given to the Overtures written for Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio |
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| Name two other Overtures written by Beethoven |
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Opus 84: Egmont, overture and incidental Music (1810)
Opus 91: Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony") (1813)
Opus 113: Die Ruinen von Athen (The ruins of Athens), overture and incidental music (1811)
Opus 117: König Stephan (King Stephen), overture and incidental music (1811)
Opus 115: Zur Namensfeier Overture (Feastday) (1815)
Opus 124: Die Weihe des Hauses Overture (Consecration of the House) (1822)
Opus 43: The Creatures of Prometheus, overture and ballet music (1801)
Opus 62: Coriolan Overture (1807) |
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| What is the opus number of the first Piano Sonata written in Beethoven’s middle period |
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| What is the Moonlight Sonata’s opus number |
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| Which of Beethoven’s periods were the Waldstein and Appassionata Piano Sonatas of Beethoven written in |
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| How many piano sonatas did Beethoven write |
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| How many piano concerti did Beethoven write |
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| What is the opus number in Beethoven’s last quartets |
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| What is key point in Beethoven’s Heligenstadt Testament |
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| What year was Beethoven’s Heligenstadt Testament written |
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| According to biographer Maynard Solomon, who was Beethoven’s “immortal beloved” |
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| What movement in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony contains a double fugue |
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| How many Scherzi did Chopin write |
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| Aurore Dudevant’s pseudonym was |
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| Chopin’s nocturne form was from the Irish pian/composer |
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| Chopin’s Mazurkas are based on a folk dance form from what country |
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| Mazurkas are in what meter |
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| What are Chopin’s birth and death years |
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| Felix Mendelssohn birth and death years are |
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| What are Schubert’s birth and death dates |
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| Schubert’s favorite modulations were to |
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| from tonic to flat keys particularl mediant and sub mediant |
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| Name one of Schubert’s major song cycles |
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| die schone mullerin, winterreise |
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| Why is the Piano Quintet subtitled The Trout |
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| How many operas did Schubert write |
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| How many symphonies did Schubert write |
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| What is the subtitle of Schubert’s eighth symphony |
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| How are the works of Goethe and Schubert related |
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| shubert set 59 of Goethes poems to music |
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| What was the basis of the ‘form’ in most of Schubert’s Lieder |
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| What song cycle by Schubert is based on twenty-four poems by Muller |
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| During the last two months of his life, Schubert wrote the String Quintet in C Major, D. 956. The “fifth” instrument, added to the standard string quartet in this Quintet is a |
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| What composer discovered the manuscript of Schubert’s “Great” Symphony in C Major and had it performed for the first time in public |
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| What are Berlioz’s birth and death dates |
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| What year was Symphonie Fantastique composed |
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| What are Robert Schumann’s birth and death dates |
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| How many symphonies did Schumann write |
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| Schumann wrote two song cycles in 1840, somewhat inspired by his upcoming marriage to Clara Wieck Schumann. One song cycle is Frauenlieve und-leben. The other song cycle is |
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| Which movement in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony incorporates the timpani to complete the opening theme |
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| What is unusual about the opening harmony in the first movement in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony |
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| This first subject later returns fortissimo at the outset of the recapitulation section, in D major, rather than the opening's D minor. The coda employs the chromatic fourth interval.? |
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| The Scherzo in Beethoven symphonies replaced what previous form classical form |
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| The word, ‘romantic,’ derived from |
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| “Romantic” in the 19th century was applied first to _____, then to music and art. |
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| Romantic art expands or transgresses |
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| Romantic art focused on the individual and on expression of the self, true or false |
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| The Romantic’s interest in color led to them to consider painting as the quintessential visual art. On the other hand, _____ with its overt emphasis on form, was considered “Classical.” |
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| The Age of Enlightenment, eighteenth century belief in rationalist and logical ideals was shaken by _____ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries |
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| Events (reign of terror after French revolution, and war all over Europe) |
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| Berlioz’s opera, Les Troyens, was adapted from what ancient literary work |
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| Berlioz’s opera, Beatrice and Benedict is based on Shakespeare’s |
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| In addition to being a well known composer, Berlioz was also a well known |
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| music critic/author of his o wn memoirs |
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| In Berlioz’s second symphony, Harold in Italy, what instrument plays the connective theme in each movement |
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| Who wrote the text to the Ode to Joy incorporated in the Ninth Symphony |
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| What year was the Ninth Symphony written in |
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| IIn which movement in a Beethoven symphony is a Scherzo normally found |
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| Mendelssohn wrote an oratorio, in the tradition of Handel, entitled |
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| While Haydn’s orchestras consisted of barely 25 players, by the 1830’s, Romantic music orchestras had around ____ players. |
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| How many violin concerto’s did Mendelssohn write |
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| Chopin Preludes emulate what work of J.S. Bach which utilize all the major and minor keys |
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| the well tempered clavier |
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| Chopin wrote 24 Etudes, 12 in Opus 10 and 12 in _____ (He also wrote three additional Etudes without an opus number) |
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| Schumann’s degeneration and injury to one of his fingers caused the loss of a concert career on what instrument |
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| Schumann was more known as a ________ than a composer during his thirties and early forties |
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