Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven 

German composer (1770–1827) Joseph Karl Stieler, Beethoven with the manuscript of the Missa solemnis, 1820.
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Name in native language	Ludwig van Beethoven
Date of birth	16 December 1770 (presumably, unspecified calendar, assumed Gregorian) Bonn (Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire)
Date of death	26 March 1827 (death of Ludwig van Beethoven, unspecified calendar, assumed Gregorian) Vienna (Austrian Empire)
Manner of death	natural causes
Cause of death	liver cirrhosis
Place of burial	Vienna Central Cemetery (exhumation, 1888–) Q38103979 (1827–1888)
Work period (start)	1782
Work period (end)	1827
Residence	Beethoven House (birth house)
Occupation	composer
Member of	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Field of work	classical music symphony string quartet chamber music traditional folk song string trio opera music piano performance
Movement	Classical period Romantic music
Native language	German
Father	Johann van Beethoven
Mother	Maria Magdalena van Beethoven
Sibling	Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (younger brother) Nicolaus Johann van Beethoven (younger brother)
Relative	Karl van Beethoven (nephew) Josyne van Beethoven (8th great-grandmother)
Work location	Bonn Vienna Mödling Baden
Notable work	Für Elise Symphony No. 9 Piano Sonata No. 14 Missa Solemnis Piano Sonata No. 8 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 Piano Sonata No. 21 Piano Sonata No. 23 Violin Sonata No. 9 Symphony No. 3 Fidelio
Award received	Bröckemännche Award (2020)
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Portraits

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  Painting by Joseph Neesen, 1786
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  Painting by Riedel, 1801
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  Painting by Mähler, 1804
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  Painting by Mähler, 1804 (zoom)
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  Beethoven in his home
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  Painting by Louis-René Létronne, 1814
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  Painting by Christoph Heckel, 1815
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  Painting by Mähler, 1815
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  Painting by Jaeger, 1818
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  Drawing by August Klöber, 1818
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  Painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1819 or 1820
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  Painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1819 or 1820 (zoom)
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  Painting by Waldmüller, 1823
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  Engraving by Sichling after Waldmüller
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  Beethoven, 1824
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  Illustration by Emil Eugen Sachse, 1854
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  Beethoven composing the sixth symphony
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  Print after a drawing by Johann Peter Lyser
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  Drawings by Lyser
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  Beethoven and Goethe at Teplitz, 1812

Patrons, relatives and friends

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  Count Ferdinand von Waldstein by A. Machek
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  Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria
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  Archduk Rudolph of Austria by J.B. Lampi
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  Count Andrei Razumovski by J.B. Lampi
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  Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
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  Franz Gerhard Wegeler
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  Nikolaus Johann, der jüngere Bruder Ludwigs, im Alter von 65 Jahren
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  Lodewijk van Beethoven (Beethoven's grandfather), 1773

Handwritings

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  Sonata Op. 109
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  Heiligenstädter Testament
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  Sonata Op.111 Title
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  Missa Solemnis
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  Eroica Symphony Title Page
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  Fifth Symphony Coversheet
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  Sixth Symphony handwritten page
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  Ninth Symphony handwritten page
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  Kreutzer Sonata Coversheet
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  Thirteenth string quartet coversheet
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  3rd Concerto
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  Signature of Beethoven
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  Letter from Waldstein to Beethoven, 1792
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  signature

Houses, Places

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  The house where Beethoven was born
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  Theatre an der Wien, 1810
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  Beethoven house of birth, Bonngasse, Bonn, Germany
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  Beethoven house of birth, Bonngasse, Bonn, Germany
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  Ludwig van Beethoven's native house
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  Beethovenhaus in Bonn
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  Beethoven's workroom in 1827, by J.N. Hoechle
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  Deutsch: Der "Biederhof" in Wien-Döbling, wo wesentliche Teile der Eroica geschrieben wurden

  English: The "Bieder-Hof" in Döbling, Vienna, where important parts of the Eroica were written
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  Beethovenhaus in Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna, Austria, where he finished his Symphony No. 9 in 1823/24
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  Other view of the Beethovenhaus in Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
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  Memorial plate at Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
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  Second memorial plate at Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
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  Deutsch: Gedenktafel in der Laimgrubengasse in Wien

  English: Memorial plaque in Vienna
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  Memorial plaque on Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin-Mitte
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  Deutsch: Beethoven-Grillparzer-Haus in Wien-Heiligenstadt

  English: Beethoven-Grillparzer house in Heiligenstadt, Vienna
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  Deutsch: Haus des Heiligenstädter Testaments, Wien

  English: House of the Heiligenstadt Testament
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  Beethoven's funeral on March 29th, 1827, by F. Stober
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  Beethoven's grave

Sculptures

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  Beethoven memorial Muensterplatz, Bonn, Germany
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  Memorial at the Beethovenplatz in Vienna
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  Beethoven by Max Klinger (1902)
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  Beethoven by Max Klinger (1902)
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  Beethoven bust by Naum Aronson, Bonn, Germany
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  Memorial plaque in Lesser Town, Prague
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  Hinterbrühl Beethovendenkmal
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  Ludwig van Beethoven's bust in front of Empire theatre in Hlohovec
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  „Beethon“ (by Klaus Kammerichs, 1986), in front of de:Beethoven-Halle in de:Bonn

Trivia, stamps and coins

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  Fidus - Entwurf für einen Beethoven-Tempel, 1903
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  1959
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  1961
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  Rheintaler Ludwig van Beethoven

Compositions

Main category: Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven

(selection)

Ogg Piano Sonatas 1 Allegro Adagio Menuetto and Trio Prestissimo 2 3 Allegro con brio 4 Allegro molto e con brio 5 6 7 Presto 8 Grave Adagio cantabile Rondo 9 10 11 12 13 14 Adagio sostenutto Alegretto Presto agitato 15 Allegro Andante Allegro vivace Rondo 16 17 18 19 20 21 Allegro con brio Adagio molto Allegretto moderato 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen 28 Allegretto ma non troppo Vivace alla marcia Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto Allegro 29 30 31 Moderato cantabile molto espressivo Adagio, ma non troppo 32 Allegro con brio ed appassionato Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile

Ogg Symphonies 1 2 3 4 Adagio - Allegro vivace Adagio Allegro vivace Allegro ma non troppo 5 Allegro con brio Andante con moto Allegro Allegro 6 Allegro non troppo Andante molto mosso Allegro Allegro Allegretto 7 Allegretto Finale 8 Allegro vivace e con brio Alegretto scherzando Tempo di menuetto Allegro vivace

Ogg Piano Concertos 1 Allegro con brio Largo Rondo 2 3 Allegro con brio Largo Rondo 4 Opening 2nd Allegro non troppo Andante con moto 5 Allegro Adagio un poco mosso Rondo - Allegro ma non troppo

Ogg Violin Sonatas 2 Allegro vivace Andante, più tosto allegretto Allegro piacevole 8 Allegro assai Allegro vivace Allegro vivace 9 Adagio sostenuto Andante con variazioni Presto

Sheet music

Symphonies

Symphonie No. 5

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  First movement, bars 1-5

Symphonie No. 9

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  Ode to Joy, third variation (oboe)

Orchestral music

Choral Fantasia op. 80

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  Choral theme

Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata No.1

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  First movement, bars 1-5

Piano Sonata No.8 "Pathétique"

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  Introduction, bars 1-4

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  Second movement, bars 1-8

Piano Sonata No.12 "Marcia Funebre"

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  Third movement, bars 1-5

Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight"

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  First movement, bars 1-3

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  Second movement, bars 1-9

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Piano Sonata No.17 "Tempest"

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  First movement, bars 1-6

Piano Sonata No.21 "Waldstein"

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  Last movement, bars 1-8

Piano Sonata No.23 "Appassionata"

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  First movement, bars 1-4

Piano Sonata No.26 "Les adieux"

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  First movement, main theme, bars 17-22

Piano Sonata No.27

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  First movement, bars 1-4

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  Second movement, bars 1-4

Piano Sonata No.28

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  First movement, bars 1-16

Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier"

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  First movement, opening chords

Piano Sonata No.30

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  First movement, bars 1-5

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  Second movement, bars 1-8

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  Third movement, bars 1-8

Piano Sonata No.32

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  Opening of Maestoso

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  Allegro: Main theme

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  First movement, bars 36-37

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  First movement, bars 50-52

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  Arietta, theme, first 4 bars

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  Arietta, Variation No.1, bars 17-21

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  Arietta, Variation No.2, bars 34-37

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  Arietta, Variation No.3, bars 51-53

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  Arietta, Variation No.4, bars 68-70

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  Arietta, Variation No.5, bars 111-115

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  Arietta, Variation No.6, bars 133-135

Lieder

Gegenliebe Lied, WoO 118

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  Theme