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Beethoven Works
YGK These Works by Ludwig van Beethoven
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Beethoven symphony featuring a famous short-short-short-long rhythmic motif | Symphony No. 5 in C minor |
| The instrument that saw one of its first significant orchestral uses in the finale of Beethoven’s Fifth | Trombone |
| The first major symphony to utilize voices and a choir in its final movement | Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”) |
| The author of the poem “Ode to Joy,” used in the finale of the Ninth Symphony | Friedrich Schiller |
| Beethoven’s only truly programmatic symphony, depicting rural and nature scenes | Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”) |
| The bird calls explicitly identified by woodwind motifs in the second movement of the “Pastoral” | Scene at the brook |
| The symphony originally intended to be titled “Bonaparte” | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (“Eroica”) |
| The type of music used for the second movement of the “Eroica” symphony | Funeral march |
| The title of Beethoven’s only opera | Fidelio |
| The character who disguises herself as a boy named Fidelio to rescue her husband Florestan | Leonore |
| The grand setting of the Catholic liturgy intended for concert performance rather than church use | Missa solemnis |
| The patron to whom Beethoven dedicated the Missa solemnis | Archduke Rudolf |
| Beethoven’s final completed concerto, which he never performed publicly | Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major (“Emperor”) |
| The publisher who coined the nickname “Emperor” for Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto | Johann Cramer |
| The Beethoven sonata nicknamed by Ludwig Rellstab for its evocation of Lake Lucerne | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor (“Moonlight”) |
| The instruction in the “Moonlight” sonata regarding the use of the sustain pedal in the first movement | Hold down through the entirety of the movement |
| The Beethoven sonata featuring an ominous opening theme that repeats a minor second higher | Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”) |
| The musical device used at the end of the second movement of the “Appassionata” to lead directly into the third | Diminished seventh chord |
| The "Battle Symphony" originally written for a mechanical automated orchestra called the panharmonicon | Wellington’s Victory |
| The two British melodies utilized in the programmatic work Wellington’s Victory | “God Save the Queen” and “Rule Britannia” |
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