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Ludwig van Beethoven
Questions about the famous Classical-Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven, his music and his personal life.
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Who were the parents of Ludwig van Beethoven?
He was the second child (and first surviving child) of his parents, Johann and Maria Magdalena (nee Keverich) van Beethoven.
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Which Beethoven symphony was used for 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'?
It wasn't a Beethoven symphony that was utilized for this song. It was actually the Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of The...
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What is the meaning of Pie Jesu?
"Pie Jesu" is the Latin vocative for "Pious Jesus" though it is usually translated as "O Sweet Jesus" as part of invocations in...
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What is the name of the Beethoven masterpiece commonly known as The i th?
I'm guessing you are referring to the masterpiece called the 9th. This is Beethoven's 9th symphony in d minor, opus 125, also...
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Who was Ludwig van Beethoven?
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as...
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Is it illegal to download classical music like Beethoven which existed before the 1950s?
Most classical music is in the public domain, which means that any copyrights have expired. However, the recordings of classical...
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Who influenced the left hand composing technique of many classical composers including Mozart and Beethoven?
I believe you are referring to Domenico Alberti (1710-1740) after whom the Alberti Bass is named. He was not the first to use...
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Which musical era did Beethoven belong to?
Beethoven belongs in both the Classical and Romantic eras of music.
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Was Ludwig Van Beethoven ever deaf?
Beethoven began to suffer from a very severe form of "tinnitus" (ringing in the ears) around the year 1796. He hearing gradually...
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Who has written a good analysis of the Hammerklavier Sonata by Beethoven?
Probably the best one you will find is in a booklet accompanying a recording that you can purchase OR go into a large music...
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Is the dog from the movie Beethoven still alive?
The original dog playing Beethoven was only in the first two movies. He is no longer alive but some of the dogs in the later...
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Is it true Ludwig van Beethoven had an assistant named Anna Holz?
No. This is an artistic fabrication by the director of the movie.
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What are the nine symphonies that Beethoven wrote?
Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 (1799-1800) Symphony No. 2 in D major, op.36 (1802) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op.55,...
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Where was Ludwig van Beethoven from?
Born in Bonn, germany, lived in Vienna, Austria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
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Where can you find a biography on Beethoven?
See the Web Links to the left for a number of biographies.
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Where can you find information on the Battle Symphony by Beethoven?
See the related link on the left for information on Beethoven's Battle Symphony.
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What does the 'van' in Ludwig van Beethoven's name mean?
The 'van' in Beethoven's surname is similar to the Scottish use of 'Mac' in their surnames, for example MacMillan. Here the 'Mac'...
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When was Beethoven born?
While the exact date is unknown, he was baptised on the 17th December 1770. It is said his family celebrated his birthday on the...
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Where can you find sheet music by Beethoven or Mozart or other classical artists for the bells or the xylophone?
I understand the scarcity of classical xylophone bells and xylophone music. Usually method books have recital pieces sprinkled...
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Who were the parents of Beethoven?
Ludwig van Beethoven's father was Johann van Beethoven and his mother was Maria Magdalena Keverich.
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Did Ludwig van Beethoven have a family?
He had two brothers, but never married or had children of his own.
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What are the physical challenges beethoven faced?
Ludwig van Beethoven went deaf at the age of 28. He continued composing, though.
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What town was Beethoven living in when he died?
He lived at Tiefergraben 241 in Vienna, Austria.
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What year did Ludwig van Beethoven die?
1827
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Was Beethoven blind?
No, but he did start loseing his hearing in 1976
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Which pop songs sample 'Beethoven Symphony 9' and 'Swan Lake'?
de nederlandse band ekseption van rick van der linden
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Why is Beethoven's fifth symphony so popular?
Because it is absolutely pure, fantastic genius.... ...the simple yet powerfull motif (bb b eeeeeeee) probably helped.
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Which part of Beethoven was wooden eye arm or leg?
The leg. The leg of his piano, that is.
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In what city was Beethoven born?
Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.
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Is it true no composer to come after Beethoven wrote more than nine symphonies?
Shostakovich, for one, wrote 15. So that disproves the statement.
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How old was Beethoven when he gave his first performance?
March 26, 1778, at the age of 8 years.
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What are the instruments Beethoven played?
Organ, piano and violin. and wounded foot
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Did Beethoven have a sister?
Maria Margaretha Josepha was Ludwig Von Beethoven's only sister.
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Did Beethoven play the piano?
Yes he did, and the method he used after he went deaf, was to saw the legs off the piano, so that he could put his ear to the...
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Why did Ludwig van Beethoven become deaf?
Beethoven became deaf gradually through lead poisoning. Lead was used in cups, cutlery etc. back then, so it's not...
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Did Beethoven ever complete his 9th symphony?
Yes, Beethoven completed his famous and brilliant Ninth Symphony in 1824 (which includes the text setting of Schiller's 'Ode to...
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Was Beethoven Black?
Journalist, scholars and authors such as Emil Ludwig have been debating that Beethoven was indeed black. it has been said that...
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Was Beethoven living during Mozart's life?
Yes, Beethoven was alive during Mozart's lifetime. Beethoven was 20 when Mozart died. Beethoven had visited Mozart in Vienna and...
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Where did Beethoven come from?
He was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770.
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How many children did Beethoven have?
He didn't have any, at least none that we know of. Beethoven never married, probably because he went after women who he would...
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When did beethoven live?
Born - 16 or 17th of December, 1770 Died - 26th of March, 1827
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What do Mozart and Beethoven have in common?
Apart from being the two greatest musicians in history, they both lived, worked, died and were buried in Vienna, although neither...
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How many pieces of music did Ludwig van Beethoven compose?
Ludwig Van Bethoven Composed Over 650 Peices Of Music.
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Which of his senses did Beethoven lose before his 30th birthday?
His hearing
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Who did Ludwig van Beethoven write for?
Over his lifetime Beethoven wrote for hundreds of people by commission or out of friendship. He was paid to compose by such...
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Did beethoven have his own piano when he was four years old?
It seemed unlikely that Ludwig had his own piano at that age. He most likely practised on one of his father's.
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What was Beethoven Street School London w10 called in the 1940s?
yes west town lane primary school yes west town lane primary school
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Did Ludwig van Beethoven inspire anyone?
Of course, Beethoven inspired a lot of people, especially later composers and artists. People called him a "2nd Mozart," but he...
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As an adult did Beethoven live and was he employed by someone?
Beethoven was a composer who worked for commission - patrons would pay him to write for them. He also made money by selling many...
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What songs did Beethoven compose?
Beethoven composed a variety of music that people recognize worldwide. He wrote nine symphonies. The fifth symphony is very...
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How many awards did Beethoven win?
Beethoven, unfortunately, did not win any awards during his life time though he may have received some posthumously.
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How many dogs played Beethoven?
I believe it was just one - his name was Chris
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Did Ludwig van Beethoven have any special musical training?
no of course not!
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What type of piano did Beethoven use in his concertos?
Modern pianos come in two basic design and several sizes: the grand piano and the upright piano. Grand pianos have the frame and...
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What motivate Beethoven to write the fifth symphony?
Rather unromantically, the Fifth Symphony was written purely for fiscal reasons, i.e. Beethoven needed money. Count Franz von...
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Why did Hitler like Beethoven?
Because of his Germanic ancestry. Beethoven represented tremendous achievement in the social, cultural, and artistic history of...
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What Beethoven song did Schroeder play?
He played Fur Elise... Also Minuet in G.
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Where did Beethoven study music?
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Did Beethoven only play the piano?
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How many homes did Beethoven live in?
It is unknown how many houses Beethoven lived in in total but it was certainly a large number. He moved over thirty times alone...
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How many Operas did Beethoven compose?
Beethoven composed only the one opera, probably because he lacked great talent in that area of music. He could not live up to the...
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What type of music was composed by Beethoven?
Beethoven wrote music during the Classical and Romantic Periods. He wrote concertos, symphonies, and sonatas.
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How was beethoven able to play the piano with a hearing problem?
He learned to play at an early age, and was a well-known performer for years before his hearing problem developed. Some people...
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Was Beethoven gifted?
Yes, Beethoven even continued to write and compose after he was completely deaf. The fact that his music is still played and...
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How did Ludwig Van Beethoven die?
Some scholars claim it was due, in part, to lead poisoning. Beethoven died at age 56. Tests have recently confirmed that...
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Who was Beethoven's first teacher and why was he not a good teacher?
Beethoven's father was his first teacher. It had been the custom for hundreds of years for children to enter the professions of...
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What was Beethoven's Favorite composition?
It is not known what Beethoven's favourite song was.
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What was unique about Ludwig van Beethoven?
He was deaf from about 30 years of age.
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Was Beethoven a real violin player?
yes
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Where did Ludwig van Beethoven die?
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer of the Classical Period - Born - 16th or 17th of December, 1770 in Bonn, Germany Died - 26th of...
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Why was Beethoven famous?
Beethoven was a famous composer. *DarkRose333* He composed beautiful music even though he was deaf and unable to hear his own...
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What was Beethoven known for?
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer. He continued to compose music even after he began losing his power to...
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What year was Fur Elise written?
Für Elise was written on 27 April 1810 for Therese Malfatti, whom Beethoven was considering marrying at that time - a marriage...
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What key is beethoven's 9th symphony?
Beethoven's 9th Symphony is in the key of D minor.
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How many concertos has Beethoven wrote?
He wrote 5 piano concerti aswell as 2 piano concerti during his youth, one violin concerto which he later transcribed for piano...
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What are Beethoven's most famous compositions?
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What types of music did Beethoven write?
Beethoven began with Classical styles, but later moved towards Romantic. _______ Major works include - 8 Symphonies, 6 String...
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What are five different musical forms that Beethoven wrote during his life time?
Beethoven wrote in several different styles, and within these, he used five main forms. The styles of Beethoven's music...
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When did Beethoven write symphony 9?
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op.125 was written between 1817 and 1825.
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Where did Beethoven live?
He was born in Bonn, Germany on the 16th or 17th of December, 1770 and spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria.
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What is Fidelio?
A Beethoven opera
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How many total works did Beethoven write?
Beethoven's catalogue includes just over 200 published/unpublished works (often including groups of songs as one piece).
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Did Beethoven wear a wig?
Beethoven was never portrayed with a wig...this was because by the time he reached the age where he would have started wearing...
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How many works did beethoven compose?
I know that Beethoven composed 9 symphonies. His ninth symphony also known as Ode to Joy was his first symphony to use a...
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Was Beethoven Canadian?
if you mean beethoven, the famous composer, he was born in germany and spent a good section of his life in austria. so definitely...
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Was the song ode to joy by beethoven composed for a piano?
Ode to Joy, originally a poem by Friedrich Schiller, was written as the choral portion of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
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Did Mozart meet Beethoven?
In 1787 Beethoven first visited Vienna, at that time the center of the music world. There he performed for Mozart, whom he...
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Is Beethoven Variations on God Save the King in Duple or Triple meter?
Duple, it is a 4/4
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Was Beethoven dyslexic?
no Beethoven was not
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Which composer wrote over twenty concertos for the piano?
Mozart - over 25
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When was Beethoven born and when did he die?
His birthdate remains an unknown but it is celebrated as 16 December 1770, and he died on 26 March 1827.
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Which other musicians did mozart meet?
Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Franz Joseph and Michael Haydn just to name a few.
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Who is the little boy in the deathbed scene of Copying Beethoven Is he possibly a son from an affair between Anna and Beethoven?
oh thats bartholomew rothweiler. - Beethoven never had kids. The movie is just a dramatization of their relationship, there was...
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What was one of Beethoven's songs?
If you just want one work? Symphony No. 5 is pretty famous, but it is not a song. Check the related links for a comprehensive...
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What is the history behind Beethoven's fifth symphony?
The 5th Symphony has been interpeted as representative of Beethoven's struggle against adversity and is one of the first...
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Which Beethoven symphony contains the Ode To Joy?
The music commonly known as "Ode to Joy" originally came from the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, also...
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Who owns the rights to the works of famous composers like Beethoven Caccini or Vivaldi who didn't have copyright offices in their time?
Nobody owns copyright of music written two hundred years ago. The copyright of anything published before 1923 is irrelevant as...
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Why did beethoven write music what spacific reason?
because he has a talent of music and also his father pushed him to learn music!
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How many songs did Beethoven write?
The "Beethoven Song Companion", published by Manchester University Press, is the first full-length, published study of all of...
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Did Beethoven have childeren?
No, not that I know of. Do you know the music "Fur Elize" or "Moonlight Sonata"? Elize was one of his pupils, and it has been...
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