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Feb 13, 2024 · Last updated 13th February 2024. There is no mistake, Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the best composers of all time. His music has found its way everywhere from the stages of professional symphonies to commercials and animated kids’ programs. Whether it is realized or not, Beethoven’s music is recognizable by people, young and old.
- Beethoven was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany.
- Beethoven's father and grandfather were both performers in the state choir.
- When Beethoven was 17, he performed for Mozart in Vienna. While no one is sure what was said, Mozart (who famously was unimpressed with other musicians) reportedly said, "Keep your eyes on him; someday he'll give the world something to talk about."
- Beethoven took lessons from the father of the symphony, Joseph Haydn. The two became easily frustrated with each other, and they ultimately didn't like each other very much.
- Beethoven’s birthday. Nobody is actually sure of the date of Beethoven’s birth – we do know he was baptised on 17 December, so he was probably born the day before.
- LVB is one of many Beethovens. Far from being a prodigious only child, Beethoven had seven brothers and sisters – Kaspar Anton Karl, Nikolaus Johann, Ludwig Maria, Maria Margarita, Anna Maria Francisca, Franz Georg, and Johann Peter Anton Leym...
- ‘The Spaniard’ Beethoven’s nickname at school was ‘Der Spagnol’ (‘The Spaniard’), because of his dark complexion. It is highly likely he had Moorish blood from an ancestor serving in the Spanish army when they occupied the Netherlands.
- A mother figure in Nannette Streicher. Beethoven supposedly had a ‘mother figure’ in Nannette Streicher, and she was a renowned piano builder who made instruments for the great composer.
- Beethoven died during a thunderstorm on the 29th March 1827 in Vienna.
- When he died, Beethoven’s headstone had only a single word – ‘Beethoven’. Such was his fame at the time it was all that was needed.
- It was reported that Beethoven often dipped his head in cold water before composing – neither he nor anyone else has given any reason why.
- For three years (early in his career), Beethoven earned his living playing the Viola in an orchestra – possibly one of the reasons he was said to compose for the piano ‘as if it was a stringed instrument’.
May 18, 2024 · 01 Beethoven was born to a German musical family in December 1770. 02 Throughout his lifetime, Beethoven composed 722 musical pieces. 03 Beethoven made music for 45 years. 04 Sometime in 1798, Beethoven already had difficulty in hearing. 05 Beethoven went completely deaf at 45 or 46 years old. Table of Contents.
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May 17, 2024 · Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne [Germany]—died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) was a German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived, Ludwig van Beethoven dominates a ...
Dec 14, 2020 · 1. Ludwig van Beethoven was the third Ludwig in the Beethoven family. The first was his grandfather, and the second was Beethoven’s older brother, who died six days after his birth. 2. Ludwig...
