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What was the full name of the composer we know as Beethoven?
Wolfgang Amadeus Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Joseph Beethoven
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Beethoven is best known for his virtuosity playing what instrument?
Violin
Piano
Harp
Trumpet
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Beethoven's music bridged what two artistic periods?
The Renaissance and the Enlightenment
The Classical and Romantic Periods
The Baroque and Classical Periods
The Modernist and Post-Modernist Periods
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Which of the following famous composers instructed Beethoven in his adolescence?
George Gershwin
Franz Schubert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Christian Gottlob Neefe
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony is famously known by what alternate title?
The Ode to Joy
The March of Saints
Bacchus' Delight
The Outsider Symphony
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At 21 years of age, Beethoven moved to what legendary musical city and began learning with Joseph Haydn the art of composition?
Vienna
Budapest
London
Barcelona
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What 1801 piece was Beethoven's only full-length ballet?
Henry V
Swan Lake
The Creatures of Prometheus
The Rite of Spring
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As Beethoven aged, what condition did he slowly develop to interfere with his art?
Schizophrenia
Blindness
Deafness
Dementia
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Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 is almost exclusively known by what name?
Fur Elise
Fur Margarite
Fur Juno
Fur Estelle
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In 1808, Beethoven premiered his definitive masterpiece in Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Which symphony was this?
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 5
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What is the name of Beethoven's only opera?
Purgatorio
Interpro
Adaggio
Fidelio
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Beethoven's Sonata No. 14 is most commonly referred to by what name?
The Silent Sonata
The Nuremberg Sonata
The Moonlight Sonata
The Firebrand Sonata
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Which of Beethoven's symphonies went down in history for its use of a choral accompaniment in a time when such a practice was nearly unheard of?
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 9
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.