Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770[1], in Bonn[2]. He died on March 26, 1827[3], in Vienna[4]. He worked as a composer[5], pianist[6], conductor[7], music educator[8], and organist[9]. He ranks in the top 0.4% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108,426 views/month, #4,019 of 1,000,298).[10]
Key Facts
Date of birth: December 17, 1770[11], January 1, 1770[12]
Date of death: March 26, 1827[13], January 1, 1827[14]
Place of burial: Vienna Central Cemetery[15], Cemetery Währinger Park[16], grave of Ludwig van Beethoven[17]
Field of work: classical music[29], symphony[30], string quartet[31], chamber music[32], traditional folk song[33], string trio[34], opera[35], music[36], piano performance[37]
Things named for Ludwig van Beethoven include Beethoven and Mozart[56], Beethoven House[57], Beethovenhalle[58], Beethoven[59], Beethoven Prize[60], Beethoven Peninsula[61], Beethoven Ring[62], and Mozartella beethoveni[63].
Why It Matters
Ludwig van Beethoven has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] He is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
He has been cited as an influence by The Beatles[66], a musical group[67], founded in 1960[68]; The Who[69], a musical group[70], in United Kingdom[71], founded in 1964[72]; Johannes Brahms[73], a composer[74], 1833–1897[75], of Hamburg[76], awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order[77], specialised in classical music[78]; Trevor Rabin[79], a composer[80], b. 1954[81], of South Africa[82], specialised in film score[83]; Fanny Mendelssohn[84], a composer[85], 1805–1847[86], of Hamburg[87], specialised in music[88]; and Nick Glennie-Smith[89], a composer[90], 1951–2026[91], of United Kingdom[92], specialised in film score[93].
Works attributed to him include Heiligenstadt Testament[94] and Immortal Beloved[95]. Entities named for him include Beethoven and Mozart[56], Beethoven House[57], Beethovenhalle[58], Beethoven[59], Beethoven Prize[60], and Beethoven Peninsula[61].
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