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Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827

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Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterised as heroic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig van Beethoven is the most popular composer, the most popular biography from Germany and the most popular German Composer.

Ludwig van Beethoven is most famous for his compositions of symphonies, sonatas, and concertos.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1 out of 1,451. After him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, and Igor Stravinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1. After him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Frederick William III of Prussia, Friedrich Hölderlin, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Louis-Nicolas Davout, William Wordsworth, William Clark, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, François Gérard, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. Among people deceased in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1. After him are Alessandro Volta, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, William Blake, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Maria Theresa of Austria, Wilhelm Hauff, Ugo Foscolo, Samuel Crompton, and Wilhelm Müller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1 out of 7,253. After him are Albert Einstein (1879), Pope Benedict XVI (1927), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), and Charlemagne (748).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1. After him are Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), George Frideric Handel (1685), Richard Wagner (1813), Johannes Brahms (1833), Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), and Carl Maria von Weber (1786).

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