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Who were the 2 patrons of Beethoven?
As Beethoven journeyed from Bonn to Vienna, he journeyed from obscurity to fame through the support of three of his patrons: Waldstein, van Swieten, and Lichnowsky.
Did Beethoven and Schubert ever meet?
There is no evidence the two men ever met. On his deathbed, Beethoven was brought scores of Schubert’s songs and declared himself impressed. Schubert wrote once that he saw Beethoven across the room in a crowded coffee house, but did not have the courage to approach him.
Who were some of the other musicians and composers that influenced Beethoven’s work?
Key people in Beethoven’s music and life
- Wolfgang Mozart (1756-91)
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Prince Lobkowitz (1772-1816)
- Prince Karl Lichnowsky (1756-1814)
- Maximilian Franz (1756 – 1801)
- Domenico Dragonetti (1763 – 1846)
- George Bridgetower (1779 – 1860)
- Rudolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831)
What famous composers did Beethoven meet?
From his earliest days as a prodigy in Bonn, Ludwig van Beethoven’s great ambition had been to travel to Vienna to meet – and take lessons with – the man he knew was the greatest living composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
What killed Beethoven?
March 26, 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven/Date of death
Did Mozart and Beethoven ever meet?
In short, Beethoven and Mozart did meet. One account that is frequently cited was when Beethoven on a leave of absence from the Bonn Court Orchestra, travelled to Vienna to meet Mozart. The year was 1787, Beethoven was just sixteen-years-old and Mozart was thirty.
What did Schubert say when Beethoven died?
Schindler, Beethoven’s self-appointed secretary in his later years, reported that he took a portfolio of Schubert songs in handwritten copies to Beethoven a month before the composer died, and on leafing through them Beethoven is said to have exclaimed: ‘Truly, in this Schubert there dwells a divine spark! ‘.
Was Schubert a virtuoso?
Schubert had a full musical education. But he never turned into a great instrumentalist, as so many prodigies before him had become, and as so many after him were to be. But Schubert, though he knew his way around the keyboard, was far from being a virtuoso.
Who were Beethoven’s inspirations?
Like all pianists of the late 18th century, Beethoven was raised on the sonatas and teachings of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the chief exponent of “expressive” music at a time when music was regarded as the art of pleasing sounds.
Who has Beethoven influenced?
Franz Liszt
Felix MendelssohnHector BerliozMilan Kundera
Ludwig van Beethoven/Influenced
Who was Beethoven’s Favourite composer?
Beethoven’s favourite composer: George Frideric Handel.
Did Mozart and Beethoven meet?