The A-Z Beethoven Quiz (rules of the game)

[Quijote]

Megan, only one letter at a time !!

[Megan]

Megan, only one letter at a time !!

Duh,not again! I've got to keep my paws away from the keyboard for a bit.

[Michael]

"Ja, ja," Beethoven's reply when asked if he wanted a glass of wine. When asked if he disliked any of his twelve symphonies, he would shout "Nein, nein!"

Nein, I don't think I'll get away with that so:

Jeitteles, Alois. He wrote the text of B's song cycle "An die ferne Geliebte"

[Megan]

Kant.
Beethoven was influenced by Kant, who said that we cannot know objective reality. His ethical teaching is the source of the quote that B often referred to as the starry skies without and the moral law within.

[Michael]

Lambe, John Lawrence. Author of a play "Beethoven Deaf" in 1911.

[Quijote]

M = Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 – 29 July 1844), another contributor to the original Diabelli Variations project. Son of WAM, ergo Wolfgang Jr.

[Megan]

Notturno for piano and viola Opus 42.
(arrangement of Op.8)

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[Quijote]

O = Orpheus. Some consider the tale Orpheus in the Underworld to be the "subject" in B's 4th Piano Concerto, 2nd movement.

[Michael]

Pachler, Marie. Pianist who met B twice. In 1823 he wrote a two-bar farewell for her (WoO 202)

[Quijote]

Q = Ritmo di quattro battute, as marked in the score of the Scherzo of B's 9th. Meaning beat the time in 4.

[Quijote]

No takers for the "R"?

[Michael]

"Return to Ulster" 25 Irish Songs. WoO 152 No. 1

[Megan]

Signor Abate Wo0 178

[Sorrano]

Toscanini, great interpreter of Beethoven Symphonies.

[Megan]

Unkempt.
Beethoven's friends were concerned about his unkempt appearance.

"It was not uncommon for {Beethoven's] friends to replace his old clothes with new ones overnight. Beethoven would apparently dress the next day completely unaware of the exchange.