Ludwig van Beethoven

**Ludwig van Beethoven**
	German composer (1770–1827)
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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 (possibly);
Place of burial	Vienna Central Cemetery (exhumation, 1888–); Q38103979 (1827–1888);
Work period (start)	1782;
Work period (end)	1827;
Country of citizenship	Electorate of Cologne (–1794); Austrian Empire (1822–);
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

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

Patrons, relatives and friends

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

Handwritings

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

Houses, Places

The house where Beethoven was born
Theatre an der Wien, 1810
Beethoven house of birth, Bonngasse, Bonn, Germany
Beethoven house of birth, Bonngasse, Bonn, Germany
Ludwig van Beethoven's native house
Beethovenhaus in Bonn
Beethoven's workroom in 1827, by J.N. Hoechle
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
Beethovenhaus in Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna, Austria, where he finished his Symphony No. 9 in 1823/24
Other view of the Beethovenhaus in Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
Memorial plate at Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
Second memorial plate at Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
Deutsch: Gedenktafel in der Laimgrubengasse in Wien
English: Memorial plaque in Vienna
Memorial plaque on Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin-Mitte
Deutsch: Beethoven-Grillparzer-Haus in Wien-Heiligenstadt
English: Beethoven-Grillparzer house in Heiligenstadt, Vienna
Deutsch: Haus des Heiligenstädter Testaments, Wien
English: House of the Heiligenstadt Testament
Beethoven's funeral on March 29th, 1827, by F. Stober
Beethoven's grave

Sculptures

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

Trivia, stamps and coins

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

Compositions

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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^ⓘ