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
I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Love demands all, and has a right to all.
All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.
Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning
No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.
I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.
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.
I want to seize fate by the throat.
I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth.
Don't regard yourself as too divine to improve, occasionally, your own works.
If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?
Handel, to him I bow the knee.