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
Art always demands of us something new.
Good Morning, on July 7 My thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved I can only live wholly with you or not at all- Be calm my life, my all. Only by calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together. Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever Thine Ever Mine Ever Yours
To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.
I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?
Music is the electric soil in which the spirit thinks, lives and invents. All that's electrical stimulates the mind to flowing surging musical creation. I am electrical by nature.
There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!
The amount of money one needs is terrifying...
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.
Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.
Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
Figured Bass (Harmony) and Religion are self-contained things, one should not argue these.
From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.