Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven; baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer. 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. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis and an opera, Fidelio...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth16 December 1770
CityBonn, Germany
CountryGermany
Ludwig van Beethoven quotes about
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Figured Bass (Harmony) and Religion are self-contained things, one should not argue these.
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.
I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.
We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes
One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.
Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.
From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.
ever thine, ever mine, ever ours
In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me 'Holy! Holy!' Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland.
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.
Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king