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	Ludwig van Beethoven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, to Johann van Beethoven (1740–1792), of Flemish origins, and Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven (1744–1787).
		Beethoven's first music teacher was his father, a musician in the Electoral court at Bonn and an alcoholic who beat him and unsuccessfully attempted to exhibit him as a child prodigy like Mozart.
		For some experts, Beethoven is not a Romantic, and his being one is a myth; for others he stands as a transitional figure, or an immediate precursor to Romanticism, the "inventor" of the Romantic period; for others he is the prototypical, or even archetypical, Romantic composer, complete with myth of heroic genius and individuality.
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	Ludwig van Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beethoven was born in Bonn in the archbishopric of Cologne in northwest Germany, to Johann van Beethoven (1740-92), a court musician and alcoholic, and Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven (1744-87).
		Beethoven's health had been bad for most of his life, worsening even as he composed these last works; in his last months he became seriously ill. He died on March 26th, 1827, after several operations to relieve abdominal swelling, and a subsequent infection.
		Beethoven's intense faith in God as experienced through art is an important theme in his conversation books, his belief that art is a force unto itself, and that "God is closer to me than others of my art", infuse his search for redemption through and in music.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ludwig_van_beethoven (2637 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beethoven settled in Vienna in 1792, where he studied with Joseph Haydn and others, quickly establishing himself as a remarkable keyboard-player and original composer.
		Beethoven wrote only one opera, eventually called Fidelio after the name assumed by the heroine Leonora, who disguises herself as a boy and takes employment at the prison in which her husband has been unjustly incarcerated.
		Beethoven wrote ten sonatas for violin and piano, of which the "Spring" and the "Kreutzer" are particular favourites with audiences.
	www.karadar.com /dictionary/beethoven.html (1138 words)

	Ludwig van Beethoven: biography
		Ludwig Beethoven, child prodigy, was revered for his talent throughout the world even during his lifetime.
		Born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany, Ludwig Beethoven was a precocious musician.
		Beethoven's gamut of emotions ran from the rough and unseemly to the empathetic.
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	Ludwig Von Beethoven
		Ludwig F. Van Beethoven was born in Bonn, in December 1770, in a modest house overgrown with ivy.
		Beethoven was 17 years old at that time but, he had no fear or hesitation to play and improvised for Mozart, and Mozart introduced him into the Viennese society.
		Until 1796, Beethoven was known in Vienna and in Germany as a virtuoso, and not as a composer.
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	BBC - h2g2 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Pianist and Composer
		Ludwig van Beethoven is generally considered among musicians to be the greatest composer that ever lived.
		Beethoven's father was an alcoholic who was determined to bring up his child as a musical prodigy, like Mozart.
		Beethoven produced all sorts of different music, including settings of Irish melodies, a Violin concerto, a triple concerto for piano, violin and cello, and even a mock battle between French and English troops.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A584859 (1451 words)

	Pro Arte May 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beethoven composed the Coriolan Overture early in 1807, and the work was first performed in two different subscription concerts given at the home of Prince Lobkowitz, and possibly also in a private concert at the home of Prince Lichnowsky in March of that year.
		Beethoven's overture, on the other hand, recognized from the first as being "full of fire and power," is one of his most admired short orchestral works, a probing essay in musical drama.
		The tension of Beethoven's favorite dramatic key, C minor, is heightened by orchestral chords punctuating the weakest beat of the measure at the phrase endings in the Allegro theme.
	www.proarte.org /notes/Jan03.htm (2006 words)

	Ludwig van Beethoven - Biography
		Beethoven seems to have been attracted to women he couldn't get, or at least was hard to get.
		It is she who is known as the "immortal beloved" in letters addressed to her from Beethoven in 1812.
		But Beethoven didn't have the capacity of a domestic human being, and even though he did win the struggle for custody, Beethovens relation with the nephew was tense and burdensome and it reached the point where little Karl tried to take his own life in 1826.
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	DoveSong.com -- Ludwig Von Beethoven
		Ludwig van Beethoven, born in Bonn, Germany, was the second-oldest child of the court musician and tenor singer Johann van Beethoven who drilled him on the piano to help him become a child prodigy.
		Beethoven's piano sonatas and concertos are among the very greatest compositions ever written for piano.
		Beethoven's two masses, the Mass in C and the so-called Missa Solemnis, are great works of Art.
	www.dovesong.com /Positive_music/archives/romantic/Beethoven.asp (985 words)

	Trans-Siberian Orchestra Discography - TSO Discography
		Beethoven, faced with eternal damnation, is terrified and claims that it cannot be his time, that he has yet to complete his Tenth Symphony.
		Beethoven agonizes once more and after conferring with the ghost of Mozart, again decides that he is unable to destroy his music.
		Beethoven, totally exhausted, mutters his consent but is unable to write the words that will bring about the destruction of his beloved Tenth.
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	Ludwig von Beethoven Portrait Marble Bust
		Ludwig Beethoven created his music from his emotions of the time, spanning youth and love to emotional turmoil.
		Beethoven was born in Bonn on December 17, 1770 and died in Vienna on March 26, 1827 at the age of 56.
		Ludwig von Beethoven determination and strength came through and he entered a new creative phase, generally called his 'middle period'.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ludwig van Beethoven
		Beethoven's father was tenor singer in the court chapel of the Prince-Archbishop of Cologne, where his grandfather, a native of Holland, had for a number of years the post of musical director.
		Beethoven soon found his way to the great contrapuntist, Albrechtsberger, through whose guidance and the private study of J.J. Fux's treatise of theory and counterpoint, "Gradus ad Parnassum", he acquired the solidity and freedom of style which soon commanded the admiration of the musical world.
		Performed under proper conditions in the concert hall, it is a mighty profession of faith in a personal God by one of the greatest geniuses of all times, who composed it in the midst of the growing doubt and impending moral and spiritual disintegration of his age.
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	Ludwig Van Beethoven: Introduction
		The exact date of Beethoven's birth is unknown, but as he was baptised on the 17th Dec 1770 and the custom was for this to take place within 24 hours of birth, it is likely that he was born on 16th December 1770 in Bonn.
		Most of the information that we have of Beethoven's early years comes down through an account known as the 'Fischer manuscript' which was written by Gottfried Fischer and his sister Cäcilie Fischer who both lived in the house known as the Fischerhaus in the Rheingasse, where the Beethoven family also had lodgings intermittently from 1776-1786.
		Beethoven may not have known it at the time, but Vienna was to remain his home for the rest of his life.
	www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk /introduction.html (925 words)

	MUS 220 Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He became court organist in 1781, and by June 1782 Beethoven was acting as Neefe's deputy and assistant.
		Beethoven - and his audience - had grown up with the genre.
		Beethoven could also assume that his audience was also familiar with symphonic form, which gave him further freedom to expand and "stretch" the model.
	www.uky.edu /~ldnels00/mus220/beethoven.html (520 words)

	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Beethoven Biography
		Beethoven, the son of a rather dissolute court musician, was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770.
		Beethoven's gruff humor probably owes more to Haydn as well, and by the Second Symphony, the minuet has been replaced with a weightier scherzo which is characteristic of the direction in which Beethoven's symphonic thoughts are moving.
		For all the inspiration that Beethoven was to succeeding generations of romantic composers, both in the transcendence of his music and the independence of his character, he almost completely worked within the heritage of the classical tradition.
	www.classicalarchives.com /bios/beethoven_bio.html (1051 words)

	Beethoven: Surfing the Net with Kids
		Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770 —; and is known as one of the greatest composers in history.
		Although Beethoven was unusually talented and learned the piano, organ and violin at an early age, he was never the child prodigy that Mozart had been.
		Beethoven went to Vienna anyway, and became a pupil of the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn.
	www.surfnetkids.com /beethoven.htm (710 words)

	Ludwig van Beethoven \| German Composer
		Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770 in Bonn, in the Rhineland of Germany.
		Ludwig carried on the family tradition in exemplary form, becoming one of history's greatest composers.
		On his deathbed Beethoven was planning a tenth symphony, a composer to the very end.
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	Term-Papers.us - Beethoven
		Ludwig von Beethoven was born second in his family, behind Ludwig Maria, his older brother, who died very young.
		Overall, Beethoven composed 9 symphonies, 1 opera, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, and 16 sonatas for one instrument and a piano.
		Beethoven was a musical genius, and, as geniuses tend to do, he left a huge impact on the entire civilization of the world.
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	Ludwig von Beethoven
		Beethoven came from a musical family, his grandfather and father being musicians before him.
		Beethoven was short (5 feet, 4 inches tall), muscular, broad, had a massive head, a wildly luxuriant crop of hair, protruding teeth, a small rounded nose, and the awful habit of spitting whenever and wherever he liked.
		Beethoven began to go deaf at the age of 28 - he fought heroically against his affliction, continuing to compose and perform despite it.
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	Music - Ludwig von Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beethoven impressed Mozart with his improvisations on keyboard and Mozart promised him to give Ludwig lessons.
		Beethoven also tried to bring up the son of his brother, who died in 1815.
		Beethoven died in 1827 and is, together with Mozart, Bach and Haydn, regarded as one of the greatest composers who ever lived.
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	Beethoven, Ludwig von Beethoven
		Beethoven was constantly reported to be "in love" but his choices tended toward the wrong women.
		Beethoven was such a rotten "parent" to the boy that Karl eventually attempted suicide in 1826.
		Friedrich von Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy," written in 1785, was the basis for this symphony.
	www.balaams-ass.com /journal/homemake/beethov.htm (1756 words)

	In a Major and Minor Mood
		Sometimes, it can be a Beethoven moment as opposed to a whole piece: the coda in the Egmont Overture, the stormy intro to his Eroica Symphony, the trombones barking out their lofty challenge in the last movement of the Fifth Symphony.
		Beethoven wrote a lot of letters and so did his friends, and in the book, Manic Depression and Creativity (Prometheus Books, 1999), authors D Jablow Hershman and Dr Julian Lieb argue quite convincingly that the great composer was manic depressive:
		Beethoven: Mania stoked his creativity and hastened his death.
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	Ludwig van Beethoven
		For Beethoven, the act of composition had always been a struggle, as the tortuous scrawls of his sketchbooks show; in these late works the sense of agonizing effort is a part of the music.
		Musical taste in Vienna had changed during the first decades of the 19th century; the public were chiefly interested in light Italian opera (especially Rossini) and easygoing chamber music and songs, to suit the prevalent bourgeois taste.
		Yet the Viennese were conscious of Beethoven's greatness: they applauded the Choral Symphony even though, understandably, they found it difficuit, and though baffled by the late quartets they sensed their extraordinary visionary qualities.
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	Beethoven Bust
		He lived in a time when the political and social structures of society were in upheaval and had to manage the difficult task of pleasing patrons while challenging the conventional wisdom of the time.
		Beethoven had a dynamic musical style that brimmed with confidence in man. His music is extremely powerful and reflective of the intense person that he was.
		Statue.com is proud to offer a nice selection of Beethoven busts in a wide variety or materials, styles, sizes, and price ranges.
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	Ludwig von Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In many ways, it is a letter to himself—a discourse within the soul of a musical genius on the brink of suicide because of his worsening deafness.
		It is dated October 6th, 1802, when Beethoven had composed only about a fourth of what he would eventually compose in his lifetime.
		Beethoven launches right off on what is initially a simple arpeggio on the tonic chord.
	www.beeri.org /ludwig_von_beethoven.htm (617 words)

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