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WorksheetsBeethoven Rocks!
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Q1. Why did people like Beethoven's music?
Beethoven wrote _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , emotional music that made people sit up and listen.
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Q2. Where is Beethoven from?
Austria
Mexico
Germany
England
Q3. What did Beethoven do at the age of 11?
He gave his first public piano performance.
He quit school to pursue full time musical career.
He practiced the piano day and night.
He started improvising on the piano and composed his own music.
Q4. What happened to Beethoven at the age of 27?
He could no longer hear _ _ _ _ notes.
(a)
Q5. Who did Beethoven wrote letters to expressing his anger, frustration and despair at becoming deaf?
His friends
His brothers
Fellow composers
The public
Q6. How can you tell that Beethoven was a master at writing music?
Beethoven could look at a musical score and "hear" the orchestra "inside his head" by using his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
(a)
Q7. What helped Beethoven "hear" his music even though he was becoming deaf?
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the piano strings through the wooden floor.
(a)
Q8. What was Beethoven especially famous for?
Composition for String Quartets
Composition for Symphonies
Composition for Piano
Composition for Singers
Q9. Which symphony did Beethoven wrote that made the music sound even bigger by adding human voices singing the famous song "Ode to Joy"?
First Symphony
Fifth Symphony
Seventh Symphony
Ninth Symphony
Q10. What instruments did Beethoven add to the orchestra?
He added _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and the contrabassoon to the orchestra to play notes that were both higher and lower than had been heard before.
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