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User:Gerda Arendt/Beethoven 2020

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Beethoven in 1803

Ludwig van Beethoven was possibly born on 16 December 1770, certainly baptised on 17 December, worthy to be celebrated any day.

Lifetime

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Compositions

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Beethoven at age 13
Beethoven at age 13
Beethoven c. 1805
Beethoven c. 1805
  • ... that Beethoven's Third Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners? (16 Dec 2020)
  • ... that the finale of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31 sees a gradual "return to life" and ends with a "passionate" and "heroic" coda? (23 Aug 2021)

Performers

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Legacy

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Bust of Beethoven by Franz Klein
Bust of Beethoven by Franz Klein