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
Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.
Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. ever thine ever mine ever ours
The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.
In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes it pleased Thee to let me feel the heavy hand of Thy displeasure and to humiliate my proud heart by manifold castigations. Sickness and misfortune didst Thou send upon me to turn my thoughts to my errantries.-One thing, only, O Father, do I ask: cease not to labor for my betterment. In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to Thee and become fruitful in good works.
It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.
Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.
The guitar is an orchestra in itself.
Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.
Don't regard yourself as too divine to improve, occasionally, your own works.
What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.
If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?
Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me.
Handel, to him I bow the knee.
Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.