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Ludwig van Beethoven
voc, p, 1770-1827 DE, Bonn
Musician / Composer of Classical
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German composer and pianist, born in 1770 (baptized 17 December 1770) in Bonn, Germany and died 26 March 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Beethoven was the eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister. He moved in 1792 to Vienna, where he had some lessons from Haydn and others, quickly establishing himself as a remarkable keyboard-player and original composer. By 1815 increasing deafness made public performance impossible and accentuated existing eccentricities of character, patiently tolerated by a series of rich patrons and his royal pupil the Archduke Rudolph. Beethoven did much to enlarge the possibilities of music and widen the horizons of later generations of composers. To his contemporaries he was sometimes a controversial figure, making heavy demands on listeners both by the length and by the complexity of his writing, as he explored new fields of music.
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Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C-Sharp Minor", Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto on Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol.3 by Ludwig van Beethoven & Paul Lewis Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" on Für Elise, Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 by Ludwig van Beethoven & Igor Levit Für Elise, WoO 59 on Beethoven Greatest Hits by Ludwig van Beethoven & Various Artists Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Fur Elise" on Beethoven Masterpieces, Vols. 1-5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Various Artists, Emil Tabakov, Herbert Kegel, György Gyorivanyi-Rath, Alfred Scholz, Tamas Pal, Siegfried Kurz, Georgi Robev & Herbert Blomstedt Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio on Originals Beethoven Box by Ludwig van Beethoven, Gundula Janowitz, Hilde Rössel Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, Wilhelm Kempff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber & Ferdinand Leitner String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto on Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 130 / Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 by Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto on Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven & Daniel Barenboim Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 on Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven & Lang Lang Beethoven's 5 Secrets on So Far, So Good by The Piano Guys Adagietto on This Is Beethoven by Arash Safaian, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sebastian Knauer & Zürcher Kammerorchester