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