Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer who lived from 1770 to 1827 and created some of the most influential music in Western classical tradition. His works are considered foundational to music history and continue to be widely performed and celebrated today.
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- 1770-01-01
- Died
- 1827-01-01
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. As a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to…
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- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with Sir András Schiff2023
- Prelúdio — Self (archive footage)2022
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio — Self - Composer2004
- Eroica — Composer1972
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36 objects attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. Mentored during the Classical period, Beethoven's musical style was a key driver of the transition to Romantic music, and the expansion of popular forms such as the symphony and string quartet. His compositions have attracted casual and scholarly interest, and remain among the most performed in the world.
Born in Bonn, Beethoven was a musical prodigy. He was initially taught intensively by his father, Johann van Beethoven, and later by Christian Gottlob Neefe. He found relief from a dysfunctional home life with the family of Helene von Breuning, whose children he loved, befriended, and taught piano. At age 21, he moved to Vienna, which subsequently became his base, and studied composition with Joseph Haydn. Beethoven gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist, and was soon patronized by Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky for compositions, which resulted in his three Piano Trios, Op. 1, (the earliest works to which he accorded an opus number) in 1795. His Pathétique Sonata was composed in 1798. Around this time, Beethoven began experiencing symptoms of hearing loss.
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