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   What instruments did Beethoven play?

   • Mozart also played Claviola, Violin, and Viola, as well as early designs of the piano. Beethoven, though, was in a period where the piano as we know it was developing fast. And, so to become a virtuoso on piano as well as mastering the other instruments was one measure of Beethoven’s musical genius. Until next time, let the music play.

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   Did Beethoven play piano?

   • It is through his virtuoso piano playing that we think of Beethoven. Most of his works were, of course, composed on and played by the piano. But, there was another side to him, and he was more than competent on other instruments. Let’s consider Beethoven’s other musical attributes.

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   Why did Beethoven play the violin?

   • Beethoven would have methodically worked out the violin’s capabilities even if his own were limited, and stored the knowledge away ready for a future composition. Playing the violin did bring him some income performing in theatre and court orchestras where his level of technical skill was sufficient.

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   Why did Beethoven use a viola?

   • While not as prominent in Beethoven’s performances or compositions as the piano and violin, the viola played an integral role in his string quartets, quintets, and symphonies. Like with the violin, his expertise on the viola is evident in the rich harmonies and delicate counterpoint in his works for strings.

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   Viola. As a versatile string player, Beethoven played the viola, the larger and deeper-toned sibling of the violin. While not as prominent in Beethoven’s performances or compositions as the piano and violin, the viola played an integral role in his string quartets, quintets, and symphonies.

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   Nov 22, 2022 · Beethoven would have methodically worked out the violin’s capabilities even if his own were limited, and stored the knowledge away ready for a future composition. Playing the violin did bring him some income performing in theatre and court orchestras where his level of technical skill was sufficient.

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   Jun 14, 2023 · We know he played more than, but Beethoven’s favorite instrument was the piano. As to what kind of pianos did Beethoven play, he used pianos by the German builder Johann Stein. After Stein’s death, his daughter, also a piano builder, changed the name to Streicher. Beethoven still occasionally used their pianos.

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   Nov 19, 2012 · Beethoven's Famous 4 Notes: Truly Revolutionary Music. An autographed portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven. A new book, a new recording and some old instruments, all addressing the most memorable ...

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   Sep 26, 2020 · The E-flat quintet for for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano was an attempt by the young Beethoven to show Vienna that anything Mozart could do in the popular K452 quintet, he could do a ...

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   Feb 14, 2020 · Feb. 14, 2020. John Eliot Gardiner will lead his period-instrument Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in Beethoven’s nine symphonies in five concerts at Carnegie Hall, from Wednesday ...

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   Mar 20, 2020 · String quartet: A composition for solo string instruments, usually two violins, viola, and cello; it is widely regarded as the supreme form of chamber music. — Grove Music Online. That’s the textbook definition. Beethoven inherited the string-quartet tradition from his predecessors and shaped it into something unsurpassed in virtuosity ...