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5 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven [n 1] (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
3 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven [ fʌn ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩] ( getauft am 17. Dezember 1770 in Bonn, Haupt- und Residenzstadt von Kurköln; † 26. März 1827 in Wien, Kaisertum Österreich) war ein deutscher [1] Komponist und Pianist. Er führte die Wiener Klassik zu ihrer höchsten Entwicklung und bereitete der Musik der Romantik den Weg.
5 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven. Baptized: December 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne [Germany] Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria. Notable Works: “Archduke Trio”. “Battle Symphony”. “Choral Fantasy in C Minor”.
- Beethoven is widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived, in no small part because of his ability—unlike any before him—to translate fe...
- Beethoven was born into a musical family. His father tried to make him into a child prodigy, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but did not succeed. Bee...
- Beethoven composed music in the transitional period between the Classical and the Romantic eras, and his work has been divided into (roughly) three...
- Beethoven was not born deaf, but he gradually became deaf. Although his deafness did not become total until 1819, the first symptoms of the impairm...
- Beethoven was an innovator of musical form. He widened the scope of the symphony, the sonata, the concerto, and the quartet and in so doing broke m...
2 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven ( /beˈtɔven/ o /beˈtoven/ [1]; in tedesco [ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːthoːfn̩] [2] [N 1]; Bonn, 16 dicembre 1770 [N 2] – Vienna, 26 marzo 1827) è stato un compositore, pianista e direttore d'orchestra tedesco . Figura cruciale della musica colta occidentale, fu l'ultimo rappresentante di rilievo del ...
5 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven - Composer, Innovator, Genius: Beethoven’s greatest achievement was to raise instrumental music, hitherto considered inferior to vocal, to the highest plane of art. During the 18th century, music, being fundamentally nonimitative, was ranked below literature and painting.
1 day ago · In the shorter but pivotal Classical period (1730–1820) composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, and Ludwig van Beethoven created widely admired representatives of absolute music, including symphonies, string quartets and concertos.
5 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven - Composer, Symphony, Death: With the start of the long reign of Klemens, Fürst (prince) von Metternich, and the so-called Biedermeier period, which was marked by simplicity and homeliness in art and design, Beethoven’s creative life entered its third and final phase.
