Facts about Beethoven

There Beethoven expresses the Revolutionary and Romantic ideal of creating a universal brotherhood in almost Olympian fashion.

Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792, where he studied for a time with Joseph Haydn in lieu of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who had died the previous year.

The hair analyses did not detect mercury, which is consistent with the view that Beethoven did not have syphilis (syphilis was treated with mercury compounds at the time).

Beethoven's talent was recognized at a very early age and his first important teacher was Christian Gottlob Neefe.

The opening movements of Beethoven’s symphonies, concerti, and sonatas are among the greatest examples of this particular musical architecture.

Beethoven's personal life offers a startling counterpoint to his majestic compositions.

Beethoven quarreled, often bitterly, with his relatives and others (including a painful and public custody battle over his nephew Karl); he frequently treated other people badly.

Beethoven died on March 26, 1827, at the age of 56, after a long illness.

The absence of drug metabolites suggests Beethoven avoided opiate painkillers.

Beethoven's music has been recognized as a towering profession of faith, composed in an era of growing skepticism over traditional religion.

Beethoven was deeply frustrated in his relations with women and never married.

Scholars have long debated the subject of Beethoven’s faith and its effect on his life and music.

Children of that era were usually baptized the day after their birth, but there is no documentary evidence that this occurred in Beethoven's case.

Many listeners perceive an echo of Beethoven's life in his music, which often depicts struggle followed by triumph.

Beethoven's Late period began around 1816, and lasted until Beethoven's death in 1827.

Beethoven's mother died when he was 18, and for several years he was responsible for raising his two younger brothers because of his father's worsening alcoholism.

Privately, Beethoven often mentioned his religious convictions, observing in one letter, “I have no friend.

The Middle period began shortly after Beethoven's personal crisis centering around deafness.

Critics have noted that, in both his greatest orchestral works and choral music, Beethoven explores the inner struggle, and ultimate triumph, over doubt.

Twenty months later, the body of Franz Schubert (who had been one of the pallbearers at Beethoven's funeral) was buried next to Beethoven's.

Beethoven was baptized on December 17, but his family and later teacher Johann Albrechtsberger celebrated his birthday on December 16.

Beethoven was born at Bonngasse 515 (today Bonngasse 20) in Bonn, to Johann van Beethoven (1740—1792) and Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven (1744—1787).

In 1789, Andrew Pears started making a high-quality, transparent soap in London.

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827)(Beethoven was baptized on December 17, 1770.

Some scholars believe his period of low productivity from about 1812 to 1816 was caused by depression resulting from Beethoven realizing that he would never marry.

Beethoven's first music teacher was his father, a musician in the Electoral court at Bonn who was apparently a harsh and unpredictable instructor.

In 1888, both Schubert's and Beethoven's graves were moved to the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), where they can now be found next to those of Johann Strauss I and Johannes Brahms.

Beethoven's career as a composer is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Late periods.

Beethoven composed in a great variety of genres, including symphonies, concerti, piano sonatas, string quartets and other chamber music, masses, opera, lieder, and various other genres.