Can you identify Beethoven's best known symphonies? Below are excerpts from the five most famous. Click PLAY button to hear a theme, then click a button to identify the symphony. You will be alerted if your answer is right or wrong. (JavaScript and Real Player G2 required!)
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#1 #3 #6 #2 #9
Notes:
The Beethoven Symphonies:
No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in D major
No. 3 in E flat major "Eroica"
No. 4 in B major
No. 5 in C minor
No. 6 in F major "Pastorale"
No. 7 in At major
No. 8 in F major
No. 9 in D minor
"Chorale"



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#2
#5 #8 #3 #7

3.
#3 #7 #4 #6 #1
4.
#4 #5 #8 #6 #9
5.
#5 #4 #3 #9 #1

Clips are from Beethoven Symphonies: Herbert von Karajan, conductor - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. DGG. Click HERE TO BUY CDs of any ar all of the symphonies.
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