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  1. This German city on the Rhine River was the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1770.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Bonn
    • Vienna
    • Berlin
    • Munich
  2. This Russian ambassador to Vienna commissioned three string quartets from Beethoven, which bear his name as Op. 59.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Prince Lobkowitz
    • Count Waldstein
    • Baron van Swieten
    • Count Rasumovsky
  3. This Beethoven overture was written for the 1822 opening of Vienna's Josephstadt Theater, using themes reminiscent of Handel.

    Difficulty: Hard
    • Consecration of the House
    • Namensfeier Overture
    • King Stephen Overture
    • Ruins of Athens Overture
  4. Beethoven suffered from this progressive condition starting in his late twenties, yet composed his Ninth Symphony after it became total.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Blindness
    • Deafness
    • Paralysis
    • Muteness
  5. This Afro-European violinist was the original dedicatee of the Kreutzer Sonata before a quarrel led Beethoven to change it.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • George Bridgetower
    • Joseph Joachim
    • Pierre Rode
    • Louis Spohr
  6. This deeply moving slow movement from Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 130 moved the composer to tears when performed.

    Difficulty: Hard
    • Heiliger Dankgesang
    • La Malinconia
    • Alla danza tedesca
    • Cavatina
  7. This beloved Beethoven bagatelle in A minor is often the first classical piece piano students learn, featuring a memorable repeating motif.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Moonlight Sonata
    • Ode to Joy
    • Fur Elise
    • Turkish March
  8. Beethoven composed four overtures for his opera Fidelio, with three of them sharing this woman's name from the story.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Florestan
    • Marzelline
    • Leonore
    • Rocco

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