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Celebrations for the 250th anniversary of his birth might have been paused but why not test your knowledge of the composer who said: ‘To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.’
Which of the following composers almost certainly did not meet Beethoven?
Hummel
Rossini
Haydn
Mozart
... and who was a pall bearer at his funeral in 1827?
Liszt
Schubert
Paganini
Weber
Who was the original dedicatee of the Eroica Symphony, whose name Beethoven later removed from the score?
Duke of Wellington
Friedrich Schiller
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johann von Goethe
Three of Beethoven's nine symphonies have nicknames: the Eroica, the Pastoral and the Choral. What numbers are those symphonies?
2, 5 and 9
3, 6 and 9
3, 5 and 8
5, 6 and 9
Which of the following works did not receive its first public performance in Beethoven's famous Viennese benefit concert of 22 December 1808?
Piano Concerto No 4
Mass in C
Choral Fantasy
Symphony No 5
Which novel by EM Forster devotes a chapter to a performance of the Fifth Symphony?
A Room With a View
Maurice
Howard's End
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Which 20th-century composer described the Grosse Fuge as 'an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever'
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
Béla Bartók
Elisabeth Lutyens
What is now thought to have been the primary cause of Beethoven's death in 1827?
Alcoholic cirrhosis
Lead poisoning
Syphilis
Hepatitis
What was Beethoven's preferred title for his only opera, first performed in 1805?
Florestan
Fidelio
Leonore
Leonore und Florestan
Which contemporary composer has written two operas in which the Ode to Joy is quoted?
Thomas Adès
Judith Weir
Tansy Davies
Gerald Barry
Who was Elise, the dedicatee of his Bagatelle No 25 in A minor for solo piano?
His sister
 Thérèse
A local barmaid, Elisabeth Halm
We don't know
Soprano and friend Elise Barensfeld
Beethoven's Op 129, Rondo alla Ingharese quasi un Capriccio, is popularly known as what?
Rage Over a Lost Love
Rage Over a Lost Handkerchief
Rage Over a Lost Penny
Worry Over a Lost Cat
Which of the following birds is not 'quoted' in the Pastoral Symphony?
Quail
Cuckoo
Goldfinch
Nightingale
Who in 2012 composed Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestra, based on material from Beethoven's string quartets, piano sonatas and symphonies?
David Lang
Missy Mazzoli
Caroline Shaw
John Adams
The Ninth Symphony features prominently on the soundtrack for which cult 1970s movie?
Emmanuelle
Picnic at Hanging Rock
A Clockwork Orange
Don't Look Now
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Congratulations. Or did you fluke it? Your Beethoven knowledge makes you the Emperor and the Eroica
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Congratulations - you are 'Quasi una fantasia'
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Well done! Your tempo marking is Vivacissimo (very lively and fast)
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Well done! Your tempo marking is: Vivace (lively and fast)
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Your tempo marking is: Vivace (lively and fast)
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Your tempo marking is: Allegro moderato (moderately quick)
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Your tempo marking is: Allegro moderato (moderately quick)
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Your tempo marking is: Andante (at a walking pace)
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Your tempo marking is: Andante (at a walking pace)
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Your tempo marking is: Adagio (slow and stately)
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Your tempo marking is: Largo (slowly)
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Your tempo marking is: Largo (slowly)
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Your tempo marking is: Larghissimo (very, very slow)
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Your tempo marking is: Adagio (slow and stately)
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Your tempo marking is: Larghissimo (very, very slow)
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