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1 day ago · Of the seven children born to Johann van Beethoven, only Ludwig, the second-born, and two younger brothers survived infancy. Kaspar Anton Karl (generally known as Karl) was born on 8 April 1774, and Nikolaus Johann, who was generally known as Johann, the youngest, was born on 2 October 1776. Beethoven's first music teacher was his father.
- List of Compositions by Ludwig Van Beethoven
List of works by genre Beethoven, caricatured by Johann...
- Johann Van Beethoven
Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp, allegedly depicting Johann...
- Beethoven in Film
Steven Geray portrayed Beethoven in the 1943 short film...
- Karl
Karl van Beethoven (4 September 1806 – 13 April 1858) was...
- Josephine Brunsvik
Josephine Brunszvik, miniature drawn by pencil, before 1804....
- Maria
Johann and Maria van Beethoven had seven children: the...
- Symphony No. 5
The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as the...
- Heiligenstadt Testament
Beethoven: The Music and the Life. New York: W. W. Norton....
- Antonie Brentano
Antonie Brentano, Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1808....
- List of Compositions by Ludwig Van Beethoven
5 days ago · Sometime previously he had come to know the widow of the chancellor, Joseph von Breuning, and she engaged him as music teacher to two of her four children. From then on, the Breunings’ house became for him a second home, far more congenial than his own.
2 days ago · Starchildren. Zwan. Musical artist. William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the co-founder, lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only constant member of alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins.
5 days ago · Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797, near Vienna, Austria. He was one of five children of Franz Theodor and Elisabeth Schubert. Schubert received his music education foundation from his father and his eldest brother, playing the viola and the organ and studying music theory under the instruction of a parish church organist.
- Who was Franz Schubert?Franz Schubert was a 19th-century Austrian music composer and key figure in bridging the Classical and Romantic periods. He is noted for the melody...
- What changes did Franz Schubert make to classical harmony?Franz Schubert purposefully disavowed modulation via the smooth succession of pivot chords. He preferred to drop suddenly into unrelated, and there...
- What are some of Franz Schubert’s most famous compositions?Franz Schubert is best remembered for his songs—also called lieder—and his chamber music. He also created symphonies, masses, and piano works. His...
- How did Franz Schubert die?In October 1828 Franz Schubert developed typhoid fever as a resulting of drinking tainted water. He spent his last days in the company of his broth...
5 days ago · A child prodigy on the piano, Saint-Saëns gave his first recital in 1846. He studied organ and composition at the Paris Conservatory, and in 1855 his Symphony No. 1 was performed. He became organist at the famed Church of the Madeleine in Paris in 1857, an association that lasted for 20 years.
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5 days ago · Click here for Chris's biography About Joanne Joanne Powell was ten years of age when she started to play the organ. Mum and Dad were organ fans and bought an old Galanti for the vast sum of £175. That was where it all began. Mum played the chapel organ and Dad was in a brass band, but the ultimate had been achieved with the purchase of the ...
2 days ago · Edward Elgar, c. 1900. Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO ( / ˈɛlɡɑːr / ⓘ; [1] 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the ...
