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Catalogues of Beethoven compositions
  • 1. Who compiled the Biamonti Catalogue?
A) Willy Hess
B) Giovanni Biamonti
C) Gustav Nottebohm
D) Georg Kinsky
  • 2. In what year was the Biamonti Catalogue published?
A) 2003
B) 1955
C) 1957
D) 1968
  • 3. How many entries are in the Biamonti Catalogue?
A) 1000
B) 550
C) 849
D) 1925
  • 4. The Biamonti Catalogue orders Beethoven's works in what manner?
A) Chronologically
B) By genre
C) By opus number only
D) Alphabetically
  • 5. Which of the following authors created a catalogue for Schubert's works similar to Biamonti's?
A) Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
B) Willy Hess
C) Gustav Nottebohm
D) Otto Erich Deutsch
  • 6. Which scholar created a catalogue for Mozart's works, to which Biamonti's is compared?
A) Georg Kinsky
B) Hans Halm
C) Otto Erich Deutsch
D) Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
  • 7. Who wrote the 'Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienenen Werke von Ludwig van Beethoven'?
A) Willy Hess
B) James Green
C) Gustav Nottebohm
D) Giovanni Biamonti
  • 8. In what year was Gustav Nottebohm's catalogue first published?
A) 1957
B) 1925
C) 1969
D) 1955
  • 9. What is considered the standard thematic and bibliographic catalogue of Beethoven's completed compositions?
A) Nottebohm
B) Hess
C) Kinsky-Halm
D) Biamonti
  • 10. Who finished and edited the Kinsky catalogue after the author's death?
A) Giovanni Biamonti
B) Willy Hess
C) James Green
D) Hans Halm
  • 11. Willy Hess's catalogue focuses on works that were not included in what?
A) The Nottebohm index
B) The Collected Works
C) The Biamonti Catalogue
D) The opus list
  • 12. What is the English title of the work published by James Green in 2003?
A) Chronological and Thematic Catalogue
B) Thematic Catalogue of the Published Works
C) The new Hess catalog of Beethoven’s works
D) Beethoven's Works: thematic and bibliographic catalogue
  • 13. In what year was Willy Hess's original catalogue first published?
A) 1925
B) 1968
C) 1957
D) 2003
  • 14. Which catalogue is described as a pioneering 19th Century work despite its 1925 publication date?
A) Hess
B) Biamonti
C) Green
D) Nottebohm
  • 15. What kind of entries are included in the Biamonti Catalogue alongside opus numbers and Kinsky/Hess works?
A) Fragments
B) Correspondence
C) Biographies
D) Performances
  • 16. What does the German abbreviation WoO stand for?
A) Werke ohne opus-zuordnung
B) Wichtige ohne Opuszahl
C) Werke ohne Opuszahl
D) Werke ohne opus-nummer
  • 17. How many works are designated with the WoO label according to the text?
A) 228
B) 335
C) 172
D) 205
  • 18. What does 'Anh.' stand for in the context of Beethoven's catalogues?
A) Anschrift
B) Anfang
C) Analyse
D) Anhang
  • 19. The Kinsky–Halm catalogue lists how many works in its appendix?
A) 66
B) 138
C) 228
D) 18
  • 20. Willy Hess published his catalogue in which decade?
A) 1940s
B) 1960s
C) 1950s
D) 1990s
  • 21. How many entries are in the Hess 'Hauptkatalog'?
A) 228
B) 335
C) 172
D) 205
  • 22. How many 'doubtful and falsely-attributed' works are listed in the appendix of the Hess catalogue?
A) 66
B) 228
C) 18
D) 138
  • 23. What is the final opus number published during Beethoven's lifetime?
A) Opus 103
B) Opus 135
C) Opus 104
D) Opus 102
  • 24. How many opus numbers contain 172 works?
A) 205
B) 138
C) 135
D) 228
  • 25. The Twelve Dances for Orchestra are catalogued as which number in the Kinsky catalogue?
A) H 5
B) WoO 13
C) WoO 152
D) WoO 59
  • 26. What is the Hess catalogue number for the Twelve Dances for Orchestra?
A) H 13
B) WoO 5
C) WoO 13
D) H 5
  • 27. Why is the traditional opus numbering system considered unsatisfactory?
A) It only includes posthumous works
B) It does not reliably indicate actual composition dates
C) It only covers orchestral music
D) It was never used during Beethoven's lifetime
  • 28. What does 'Op. posth.' denote?
A) Partial publication
B) Primary publication
C) Popular publication
D) Posthumous publication
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