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A. Answer these questions.
What happened when Beethoven and his friend were strolling through
the streets of Vienna?
2. What made Beethoven decide to go into the cottage?
3. How did the young girl learn to play music?
4. How did the young man's behaviour change during the course of the evening?
5. Why did Beethoven leave soon after he stopped playing?
6. Why was this incident important in the life of Beethoven?
Answers
Answer:
1 • when beethoven and his friend were strolling through the streets of vienna while passing through a dark narrow street , beethoven suddenly paused in front of a small cottage .
2 • the reason was the beautiful sonata , the music ceased and low sobs were heard instead it made beethoven go inside the cottage
3 • the girl said I used to hear a lady practising near us during summer evenings, her windows were often open and I walked to and from outside to listen
/• the young man behaviour change to annoying
5• because he wanted to reach his house fast
6• this incident was important in beethoven life because that day he compsed Moonlight Sontana
Answer:
On a moonlight evening in spring, while strolling through the streets of Vienna, Ludwing van Beethoven and his friend came across a small cottage in a dark and narrow street hearing music from cottage , he recognised that it was his own composition it was his Sonata in F that was being played He was impressed and appreciated the way in which it was played and stopped in front of the cottage