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This "5th Symphony" composer was quite particular about his morning coffee; he used exactly 60 beans to ensure a proper cup of joe |
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2024-01-23 |
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Made antisocial by his deafness, he would sit alone in the corner of a crowded tavern eating cheese & herring |
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2023-02-02 |
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He had no idea the audience was applauding at an 1824 performance of his Ninth Symphony until a soloist had him face the crowd |
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2021-11-15 |
#8511 |
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"Immortal Beloved": Gary Oldman as him |
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2020-01-08 |
#8133 |
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In an early 1800s love letter, this composer wrote, "Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my immortal beloved" |
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2017-05-10 |
#7528 |
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In 1802 he described the humiliation he felt when someone next to him "heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing" |
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2016-03-08 |
#7252 |
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His third symphony is also known as "Eroica" |
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2015-11-05 |
#7164 |
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In the years preceding his 1827 death, he carried a slate on which people could write any remarks addressed to him |
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2015-07-07 |
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His "Heroic" Period, from about 1803 to 1812, produced his "Eroica" Symphony |
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2011-04-22 |
#6135 |
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The opening 4-note theme of his fifth symphony has been likened to fate knocking at the door |
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2008-10-22 |
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Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770 |
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2008-04-29 |
#5452 |
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For several years, his friend Karl Amenda was one of the few people who knew about his increasing deafness |
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2007-12-20 |
#5359 |
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His "Moonlight" sonata was dedicated to Giuletta Guicciardi with whom he was romantically involved |
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2006-01-31 |
#4927 |
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As published, his "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz |
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2005-06-27 |
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When his brother Kaspar died in 1815, he became co-guardian of Kaspar's 9-year-old son Karl |
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2005-03-22 |
#4737 |
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Many think that Josephine von Brunswick was the recipient of his "Immortal Beloved" letter |
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2003-09-10 |
#4368 |
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He's the tempestous genius seen here |
Ludwig van Beethoven
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2003-06-03 |
#4332 |
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He dedicated his "Moonlight Sonata" to the countess Giulietta Guicciardi |
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1999-10-20 |
#3478 |
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His period of work between "Eroica" & Symphony No. 8 is known as his heroic decade |
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1997-12-02 |
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The sixth of this German's 9 symphonies is nicknamed "Pastoral" |
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1997-03-17 |
#2896 |
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Although a pupil of Joseph Haydn, this "Eroica" composer said he never learned anything from him |
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1997-01-08 |
#2848 |
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In 1977, his "Immortal Beloved" was identified as Antonie Brentano, wife of a merchant |
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1996-11-27 |
#2818 |
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His Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2 is better known as the "Moonlight Sonata" |
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1996-05-17 |
#2710 |
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His grandfather, also named Ludwig, was a Flemish immigrant who moved to Bonn in 1733 |
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1996-05-02 |
#2699 |
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In 1994's "Immortal Beloved", Gary Oldman portrayed this composer |
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1995-11-28 |
#2587 |
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In 1809, Princes Kinsky & Lobkowitz & Archduke Rudolf guaranteed him an income if he'd remain in Vienna |
Ludwig van Beethoven
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1995-11-17 |
#2580 |
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This composer's deafness may have been caused by syphilis |
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1995-11-01 |
#2568 |
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He first realized he was going deaf in 1798; he was only 27 |
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1995-07-14 |
#2520 |
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His 6th or "Pastoral" symphony contains imitations of a storm & birds singing |
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1995-05-05 |
#2470 |
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The second period of his work, more personal & romantic, began with the "Moonlight" sonata |
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1995-04-19 |
#2458 |
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In many of his works, Charles Ives quoted the "Fate Motive" from this German's famous 5th symphony |
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1994-10-31 |
#2336 |
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By the time he completed his ninth symphony in 1824, this composer was totally deaf |
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1994-04-11 |
#2221 |
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He took the text for his choral Ninth Symphony from Schiller's ode "An Die Freude" |
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1994-04-01 |
#2215 |
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He communicated with his friends by writing in "conversation books" after he became completely deaf |
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1994-02-25 |
#2190 |
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He likened the familiar opening 4 notes of his fifth symphony to fate knocking at the door |
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1993-12-16 |
#2139 |
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Though deaf, he conducted the 1824 premiere of his choral Ninth Symphony |
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1993-05-26 |
#2023 |
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He tried to get sole guardianship of his nephew Karl Beethoven after his brother Caspar's death |
Ludwig van Beethoven
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1993-02-16 |
#1952 |
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In 1988, 161 years after his death, the 1st movement of his unfinished 10th symphony had its world premiere |
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1992-02-27 |
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He planned to dedicate his "Eroica" to Napoleon until Napoleon took the title "Emperor" |
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1991-05-20 |
#1561 |
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He dedicated the "Moonlight" sonata" to lady love Giulietta Guicciardi |
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1991-05-09 |
#1554 |
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He dedicated his 9th Symphony, which includes the Ode to Joy, to the King of Prussia |
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1990-11-28 |
#1438 |
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In the 1790s, when he was in his 20s, he began to lose his hearing & it tormented him |
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1990-09-06 |
#1379 |
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He used the piccolo & trombone for the first time in his Fifth Symphony |
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1990-02-07 |
#1258 |
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Schubert died less than 2 yrs. after carrying a torch at the funeral of this great German composer in 1827 |
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1988-12-27 |
#997 |
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"I shall hear in heaven", this composer said, but he died in 1827 saying, "Too bad! Too bad! It's too late!" |
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1988-11-21 |
#971 |
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German composer who saw, not heard, applause at the premiere of his 9th Symphony |
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1986-01-17 |
#355 |
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His 9th Symphony's "Ode To Joy" was featured in The Beatles' movie "Help" |
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1985-05-07 |
#172 |