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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven | |
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A portrait by Joseph Karl Steiler, 1820 | |
| Born | Bonn |
| Baptised | 17 December 1770 |
| Died | 26 March 1827 (aged 56) Vienna |
| Occupation(s) | Composer and pianist |
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 in Bonn[1] – 26 March 1827 in Vienna; pronounced LUD-vig vahn BAY-TOH-ven) was a Germancomposer.
He wrote classical music for the piano, orchestras and different groups of instruments. His best-known works are his third (Eroica), fifth, sixth (Pastorale) and ninth (Choral) symphonies, the eighth (Pathetique) and fourteenth (Moonlight) piano sonatas, two of his later piano concertos, his opera Fidelio, and also the piano piece Für Elise.
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Beethoven lived when the piano was still a new instrument, and when he was a young man, he was a talented pianist. Beethoven was popular with the rich and important people in Vienna, Austria, where he lived.
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