Beethoven
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| Date of birth | 16 December 1770 (presumably, unspecified calendar, assumed Gregorian) Bonn (Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire) | ||||
| Date of death | 26 March 1827 (death of Ludwig van Beethoven, unspecified calendar, assumed Gregorian) Vienna (Austrian Empire) | ||||
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Portraits
Painting by Joseph Neesen, 1786
Painting by Riedel, 1801
Painting by Mähler, 1804
Painting by Mähler, 1804 (zoom)
Beethoven in his home
Painting by Louis-René Létronne, 1814
Painting by Christoph Heckel, 1815
Painting by Mähler, 1815
Painting by Jaeger, 1818
Drawing by August Klöber, 1818
Painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1819 or 1820
Painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1819 or 1820 (zoom)
Painting by Waldmüller, 1823
Engraving by Sichling after Waldmüller
Beethoven, 1824
Illustration by Emil Eugen Sachse, 1854
Beethoven composing the sixth symphony
Print after a drawing by Johann Peter Lyser
Drawings by Lyser
Beethoven and Goethe at Teplitz, 1812
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Patrons, relatives and friends
Count Ferdinand von Waldstein by A. Machek
Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria
Archduk Rudolph of Austria by J.B. Lampi
Count Andrei Razumovski by J.B. Lampi
Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
Franz Gerhard Wegeler
Nikolaus Johann, der jüngere Bruder Ludwigs, im Alter von 65 Jahren
Lodewijk van Beethoven (Beethoven's grandfather), 1773
Handwritings
Sonata Op. 109
Heiligenstädter Testament
Sonata Op.111 Title
Missa Solemnis
Eroica Symphony Title Page
Fifth Symphony Coversheet
Sixth Symphony handwritten page
Ninth Symphony handwritten page
Kreutzer Sonata Coversheet
Thirteenth string quartet coversheet
3rd Concerto
Signature of Beethoven
Letter from Waldstein to Beethoven, 1792
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Houses, Places
The house where Beethoven was born
Theatre an der Wien, 1810
Beethoven house of birth, Bonngasse, Bonn, Germany
Beethoven house of birth, Bonngasse, Bonn, Germany
Ludwig van Beethoven's native house
Beethovenhaus in Bonn
Beethoven's workroom in 1827, by J.N. Hoechle
Deutsch: Der "Biederhof" in Wien-Döbling, wo wesentliche Teile der Eroica geschrieben wurdenEnglish: The "Bieder-Hof" in Döbling, Vienna, where important parts of the Eroica were written
Beethovenhaus in Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna, Austria, where he finished his Symphony No. 9 in 1823/24
Other view of the Beethovenhaus in Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
Memorial plate at Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
Second memorial plate at Ungargasse No. 5, Vienna
Memorial plaque on Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin-Mitte
Deutsch: Beethoven-Grillparzer-Haus in Wien-HeiligenstadtEnglish: Beethoven-Grillparzer house in Heiligenstadt, Vienna
Deutsch: Haus des Heiligenstädter Testaments, WienEnglish: House of the Heiligenstadt Testament
Beethoven's funeral on March 29th, 1827, by F. Stober
Beethoven's grave
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Sculptures
Beethoven memorial Muensterplatz, Bonn, Germany
Memorial at the Beethovenplatz in Vienna
Beethoven by Max Klinger (1902)
Beethoven by Max Klinger (1902)
Beethoven bust by Naum Aronson, Bonn, Germany
Memorial plaque in Lesser Town, Prague
Hinterbrühl Beethovendenkmal
Ludwig van Beethoven's bust in front of Empire theatre in Hlohovec
„Beethon“ (by Klaus Kammerichs, 1986), in front of de:Beethoven-Halle in de:Bonn
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Trivia, stamps and coins
Fidus - Entwurf für einen Beethoven-Tempel, 1903
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1961
Rheintaler Ludwig van Beethoven
Compositions
Main category: Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sheet music
Symphonies
Symphonie No. 5
First movement, bars 1-5
Symphonie No. 9
Ode to Joy, third variation (oboe)
Orchestral music
Choral Fantasia op. 80
Choral theme
Piano Sonatas
Piano Sonata No.1
First movement, bars 1-5
Piano Sonata No.8 "Pathétique"
Introduction, bars 1-4 
Second movement, bars 1-8
Piano Sonata No.12 "Marcia Funebre"
Third movement, bars 1-5
Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight"
First movement, bars 1-3 
Second movement, bars 1-9 - Noten archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Piano Sonata No.17 "Tempest"
First movement, bars 1-6
Piano Sonata No.21 "Waldstein"
Last movement, bars 1-8
Piano Sonata No.23 "Appassionata"
First movement, bars 1-4
Piano Sonata No.26 "Les adieux"
First movement, main theme, bars 17-22
Piano Sonata No.27
First movement, bars 1-4 
Second movement, bars 1-4
Piano Sonata No.28
First movement, bars 1-16
Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier"
First movement, opening chords
Piano Sonata No.30
First movement, bars 1-5 
Second movement, bars 1-8 
Third movement, bars 1-8
Piano Sonata No.32
Opening of Maestoso 
Allegro: Main theme 
First movement, bars 36-37 
First movement, bars 50-52 
Arietta, theme, first 4 bars 
Arietta, Variation No.1, bars 17-21 
Arietta, Variation No.2, bars 34-37 
Arietta, Variation No.3, bars 51-53 
Arietta, Variation No.4, bars 68-70 
Arietta, Variation No.5, bars 111-115 
Arietta, Variation No.6, bars 133-135
Lieder
Gegenliebe Lied, WoO 118
Theme
