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

[Quijote]

Von Beethoven. A misnomer that LvB happily let uncorrected, until the court realized he wasn't of "noble" birth and sent his case down to a lower chamber for the commoners.

[PDG]

V = Violin and piano sonatas, of which he wrote ten, among them the incredibly beautiful Spring, the famous Kreutzer and the great (un-nick-named) Op.96. Can't remember the key of that one...Is it G?...

Edit: It IS G!

[Quijote]

"W", PDG, is for ...

[PDG]

But I just did V?...

[Quijote]

But I was first with "Von". So there. Going to the balcony for a fag, then bed. 'Night!

[PDG]

I've heard of call girls coming to your hotel room, but fags on your balcony??

But anyway, I was hoping to lay the next 'X' (many scrabble points available there), although I think Michael said he had a good one lined up, so, okay, it's his turn, or something...

[Megan]

Well, I think my U for Unfinished work Wo0 62, was better that the suggested bodily fluid.
Maybe next time.

[Megan]

Xanthomelanous = Olive complexion and black hair.


Carl Czerny recalls that Beethoven's “coal-black hair, cut a la Titus, stood up around his head [sounds almost like an Afro]. His black beard...darkened the lower part of his dark-complexioned face.”

[Michael]

You're In murky waters with that U, Michael...

And I've lost a P for the next round.

[Quijote]

Megan, you jumped the "W" !! Never mind, here it is:
W = Johann Nepomuk August Wittasek, contributor to the Diabelli Variations project.

[Quijote]

OK, we've had the "X" from Megan.
Y is for ...

[Michael]

"You are my Love" (Sei mio ben) Hess 231. Another of the partsongs written under Salieri's eye. Strange that Beethoven was happy to call himself a pupil of Salieri but not of Haydn.

[Megan]

OK, we've had the "X" from Megan.
Y is for ...

Apologies for jumping the gun.

[Quijote]

No problem!
Z is for ...

[Quijote]

Z = Zehrgarten (Bonn tavern), where B's father used to hang out.