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An Early Beethoven Birthday Quiz…

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?

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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.

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

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Written by:

Jeffrey Freymann

Published on 05.11.2018

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