Beethoven Review

What instrument did Beethoven not play

• violin

• organ

• flute

• piano

Beethoven wrote

• only five symphonies

• more than five symphonies

Composing was very easy for Beethoven and he worked very rapidly

• True

• False

As a child, Beethoven traveled throughout Europe as a performer

• True

• False

By the time he was 45, Beethoven

• gave up composing to concentrate on his career as a pianist

• gave up his career as a pianist to concentrate on his composing

In his final years, Beethoven was

• blind

• deaf

• both blind and deaf

• neither blind, nor deaf

Beethoven was born in

• Germany

• Austria

• Italy

• Canada

True or False? Beethoven was recognized during his life as a genius

• True

• False

A concerto is music for

• orchestra

• soloist and orchestra

• percussion instruments

• string and brass instruments

When was Beethoven born?

• December 1770

• January 27th

• March 1685

• March 1