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Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven (2 October 1776 – 12 January 1848) was a brother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Life. He was born in Bonn, youngest son of Johann van Beethoven and his wife Maria Magdalena Keverich. He trained to be a pharmacist; he moved in 1795 to Vienna, where his brothers Ludwig and Kaspar lived. He wished to be known ...
- Symphony No. 5. This song is arguably Beethoven’s most famous and iconic work. it is a distinctive four-note opening motif which encapsulates the struggle and eventual victory of the human spirit against fate.
- Moonlight Sonata. The “Moonlight” nickname was given to this solo piano masterpiece by the German music critic Ludwig Rellstab, who said the peaceful opening movement reminded him of moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne.
- Für Elise. Für Elise is a piano bagatelle in A minor written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1810. It is one of the most popular and recognizable piano pieces in the world.
- Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9) Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9) is a choral symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1824. It is his ninth and final symphony, and it is considered to be one of the greatest symphonies ever written.
- Beethoven Is Born
- Beethoven's First Public Appearance
- 1780
- 1783 First Compositions
- 1787 Meets Mozart
- 1789
- 1791 The Ritterballet
- 1792 Beethoven Leaves For Vienna
- 1793
- 1795 Piano Sonatas Op. 2
17 December: Beethoven is baptised in the church of St Remigius, Bonn. The date of his birth is not recorded, but since it was customary for baptisms to take place within 24 hours of birth, it is likely he was born on 16 December.
26 March: Beethoven's first known public performance, in Cologne. His father advertised his age as six years, although he was in fact seven, probably to draw favourable comparisons with the child prodigy Mozart. He played 'various clavier concertos and trios'.
Beethoven begins lessons with Gottlob Neefe, who writes of him in Cramer's Magazin der Musik: "He plays the clavier very skilfully and with power [and] reads at sight very well... This youthful genius is deserving of help to enable him to travel. He would surely become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were he to continue as he has begun."
Beethoven composes his first piece, aged 12. Nine Variations on a March by Dresslerincludes clever harmonies, delightful melodic phrasing and hints at his later stormy musical character. Listen below: 14 October:Beethoven publishes the three Kurfürsten Piano Sonatas, dedicated to the Elector of Cologne and Münster, Maximilian Friedrich.
April: Beethoven achieves his long-held ambition to travel to Vienna to meet Mozart, almost certainly thanks to the intervention of his patron Count Waldstein with the new Elector, Maximilian Franz. Barely two weeks after arriving, and having impressed Mozart so much he agrees to take him on as a pupil, Beethoven has to return to Bonn where his mot...
Beethoven's father, Johann van Beethoven, a tenor singer, is forced to retire from the electoral choir, after his increased drinking ruined his voice. On one occasion, after becoming drunk in public, he was arrested - only to be released after Ludwig had pleaded with the police. Because of his alcoholism, he was ordered by the Elector to be banishe...
Beethoven composes the Ritterballet, allowing his patron Count Waldstein to claim it as his own composition. Beethoven goes with the electoral orchestra on a trip to Mergentheim. On the boat, which sails up the Rhine and the Main, he is appointed kitchen scullion. 5 December Mozart dies.
November: Beethoven, one month short of his 22nd birthday, leaves Bonn for Vienna to study with Haydn. He has been given six months leave of absence by the elector. In fact he stays in Vienna for the rest of his life - never to return to his home town. 18 December: Beethoven's father dies.
Beethoven begins lessons with Haydn. The city's most influential musical patrons - particularly Prince Lichnowsky - take Beethoven under their wing, and put him forward to take on the city's piano virtuosos in improvisation contests. One after the other he defeats them and quickly establishes his reputation as the finest piano virtuoso in Vienna.
29 March: Beethoven's first public performance in Vienna, where he premieres either his First or Second Piano Concerto. Beethoven composes Piano Sonatas op. 2. Beethoven performs the Piano Trios before Haydn, who is critical of no. 3, advising against publication. Beethoven is furious, but he heals the rift with his teacher when he dedicates the Pi...
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Johann van Beethoven (c. 1739 or 1740 – 18 December 1792) was a German musician, teacher, and singer who sang in the chapel of the Archbishop of Cologne, whose court was at Bonn. He is best known as the father of the celebrated composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827).
Jul 16, 2023 · Of the seven children born to Johann van Beethoven, only Ludwig, the second-born, and two younger brothers survived infancy.Caspar Anton Carl was born on 8 April 1774, and Nikolaus Johann, the youngest, was born on 2 October 1776. Beethoven’s first music teacher was his father.
Jul 5, 2023 · Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer of Classical and Romantic music; he is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians to have ever lived. Most famous for his nine symphonies, piano concertos, piano sonatas, and string quartets, Beethoven was a great innovator and very probably the most influential composer in the ...
On 8 November Johann married Therese. But this marriage - as with that of Carl and Johanna - was to be unhappy; the couple had no children. The American Beethoven scholar Maynard Solomon says that the three Beethoven brothers were simply ill-equipped for marriage. Johann van Beethoven was not, by general recognition, a man of great intellect.
