Ludwig van Beethoven

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[edit] Portraits

Painting by unknown Bonn artist, ca. 1783	Painting by Joseph Neesen, 1786	Painting by Riedel, 1801	Painting by Hornemann, 1803
Painting by Mähler, 1804	Painting by Mähler, 1804 (zoom)	Beethoven in his home	Painting by Louis-René Létronne, 1814
Painting by Mähler, 1815	Painting by Jaeger, 1818	Drawing by C.F.K. Klober, 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
Drawing by Steinmüller, 1823	Beethoven, 1824
	Beethoven composing the sixth symphony	Drawings by Lyser	Beethoven and Goethe at Teplitz, 1812

[edit] 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
Ignaz Schuppanzigh by J. Danhauser	Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz	Franz Gerhard Wegeler

[edit] Illustrations

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

[edit] Other

	Beethoven, strijkkwartetten op. 18 nr. 1-6 (Lobkowitz)	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	„Beethon“ (by Klaus Kammerichs, 1986), in front of de:Beethoven-Halle in de:Bonn
Memorial plaque in Lesser Town, Prague			Beethoven's grave
Slovenčina: Busta Ludwiga van Beethovena pred empírovým divadlom v Hlohovci English: Ludwig van Beethoven's bust in front of Empire theatre in Hlohovec	Beethoven's workroom in 1827, by J.N. Hoechle	Beethoven's funerals on March 29th, 1827, by F. Stober	Beethoven memorial Muensterplatz, Bonn, Germany
Memorial at the Beethovenplatz in Vienna	Signature of Beethoven	Letter from Waldstein to Beethoven, 1792	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

[edit] Trivia, stamps and coins

[edit] Music

• Overtüre c-moll, op. 62 ^{file— play in browser}
• 5th Symphony, Movement 1 ^{file— play in browser}
• 5th Symphony, Movement 2 ^{file— play in browser}
• 5th Symphony, Movement 3 ^{file— play in browser}
• 5th Symphony, Movement 4 ^{file— play in browser}
• Pathetique Sonata, mvt. 1 & 2 ^{file— play in browser}
• Sonata opus 111-1 ^{file— play in browser}
• Sonata opus 111-2 ^{file— play in browser}
• opus30-1 ^{file— play in browser}
• opus30-2 ^{file— play in browser}
• opus30-3 ^{file— play in browser}
• opus47-1 ^{file— play in browser}
• opus47-2 ^{file— play in browser}
• opus47-3 ^{file— play in browser}
• concerto4-1 ^{file— play in browser}
• concerto4-2 ^{file— play in browser}
• Für Elise ^{file— play in browser}
• Moonlight Sonata, movement 1 (computer generated) ^{file— play in browser}
• Moonlight Sonata 1st movement ^{file— play in browser}
• Moonlight Sonata 2nd movement ^{file— play in browser}
• Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement ^{file— play in browser}
• Waldstein Sonata 1st movement ^{file— play in browser}
• Waldstein Sonata 2nd movement ^{file— play in browser}
• Waldstein Sonata 3rd movement ^{file— play in browser}

[edit] MIDIs

• Moonlight Sonata, movement 1 ^{file— play in browser}
• 9th Symphony, Movement 1 ^{file— play in browser}
• 9th Symphony, Movement 2 ^{file— play in browser}
• 9th Symphony, Movement 3 ^{file— play in browser}
• 9th Symphony, Movement 4 ^{file— play in browser}
• Ode an die Freude (converted to ogg) ^{file— play in browser}
• 10th String Quartet, Presto ^{file— play in browser}
• 13th String Quartet, Cavatina ^{file— play in browser}

[edit] Some short fragments

• Beethoven-5-1-2.mid ^{file— play in browser}
• Beethoven-5-1-3.mid ^{file— play in browser}
• Beethoven-5-2-1.mid ^{file— play in browser}
• Beethoven-5-1-2-2.mid ^{file— play in browser}
• Beethoven4-4.mid ^{file— play in browser}
• Beethoven4-2.mid ^{file— play in browser}

[edit] Sheet music

[edit] Symphonies

Symphonie No. 5

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  First movement, bars 1-5

Symphonie No. 9

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  Ode to Joy, third variation (oboe)

[edit] Orchestral music

Choral Fantasia op. 80

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  Choral theme

[edit] Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata No.1

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  First movement, bars 1-5

Piano Sonata No.8 "Pathétique"

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  Introduction, bars 1-4
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  Second movement, bars 1-8

Piano Sonata No.12 "Marcia Funebre"

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  Third movement, bars 1-5

Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight"

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  First movement, bars 1-3
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  Second movement, bars 1-9
• Noten

Piano Sonata No.17 "Tempest"

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  First movement, bars 1-6

Piano Sonata No.21 "Waldstein"

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  Last movement, bars 1-8

Piano Sonata No.23 "Appassionata"

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  First movement, bars 1-4

Piano Sonata No.26 "Les adieux"

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  First movement, main theme, bars 17-22

Piano Sonata No.27

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  First movement, bars 1-4
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  Second movement, bars 1-4

Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier"

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  First movement, opening chords

Piano Sonata No.30

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  First movement, bars 1-5
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  Second movement, bars 1-8
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  Third movement, bars 1-8

Piano Sonata No.32

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  Opening of Maestoso
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  Allegro: Main theme
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  First movement, bars 36-37
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  First movement, bars 50-52
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  Arietta, theme, first 4 bars
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  Arietta, Variation No.1, bars 17-21
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  Arietta, Variation No.2, bars 34-37
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  Arietta, Variation No.3, bars 51-53
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  Arietta, Variation No.4, bars 68-70
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  Arietta, Variation No.5, bars 111-115
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  Arietta, Variation No.6, bars 133-135

[edit] Lieder

Gegenliebe lied WoO 118

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  Theme