Read on to learn eightfacts about Beethoven.
Learn 8 facts about the German classical music composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
Beethovens walk in nature, Julius Schmid, published March 1927.
“Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven,” Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
He was, in fact,the third.
By the time he was 18, he was the main source of income for his father and siblings.
In fact, he was the first composer to focus on this instrument.
“Beethoven’s walk in nature,” Julius Schmid, published March 1927. (Photo viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
1 in C Major, Op.
21, at the K.K.
Hoftheater nachst der Burg in Vienna.
“Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder,” 1812 (Photo viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Although his deafness left him lonely and depressed, it also strengthened his resolve to continue creating art.
And in fact, many of his most renowned pieces were created after he lost most of his hearing.
Among them were several significant composers and musicians, including Franz Schubert and Joseph Mayseeder.
Beethoven’s birthplace in Bonn, Germany (Photo:Thomas Wolf,www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE)
“Portrait of Joseph Haydn,” Thomas Hardy, 1791 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Beethoven’s manuscript sketch for Piano Sonata in A Major, op. 101, Allegro (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
“Portrait of Beethoven as a young man,” Carl Traugott Riedel, c. 1800 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
“Caricatures of Ludwig van Beethoven,” Johann Theodor Lyser, 1815 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Franz Xaver Stoeber, “Beethoven’s funeral procession,” 1827 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
