Ludwig van Beethoven

The 'polonaise' and 'ecossaise' are both dances that were very popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th. These compositions were mainly writt...

The 'polonaise' and 'ecossaise' are both dances that were very popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th. These compositions were mainly writt...

Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all time was not very successful in writing music for the stage. He had no difficulty in writing a purely abstract overture, but once beyond this...

Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all time was not very successful in writing music for the stage. He had no difficulty in writing a purely abstract overture, but once beyond this...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches: 'Polonaise' (WoO21), 'Ecossaise' (WoO 22), 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18), 'Military March' (WoO 19) 'Military March in D Major' (WoO 24) and the '...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches: 'Polonaise' (WoO21), 'Ecossaise' (WoO 22), 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18), 'Military March' (WoO 19) 'Military March in D Major' (WoO 24) and the '...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches: 'Polonaise' (WoO21), 'Ecossaise' (WoO 22), 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18), 'Military March' (WoO 19) 'Military March in D Major' (WoO 24) and the '...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches: 'Polonaise' (WoO21), 'Ecossaise' (WoO 22), 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18), 'Military March' (WoO 19) 'Military March in D Major' (WoO 24) and the '...

After the 'Battle of Vitoria', Beethoven's friend Johann Nepomuk Maelzel talked him into writing a composition for his panharmonicon (a kind of 'mechanical orchestra') to commemorating this battle. Th...

After the 'Battle of Vitoria', Beethoven's friend Johann Nepomuk Maelzel talked him into writing a composition for his panharmonicon (a kind of 'mechanical orchestra') to commemorating this battle. Th...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 7 in A major', Op. 92, between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice. It is a symphony in four movements and at...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 7 in A major', Op. 92, between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice. It is a symphony in four movements and at...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his 'Symphony No. 9' between 1822 and 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in...

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

L'unica opera di Beethoven, "Fidelio", incarna i suoi ideali di eroismo e di libertà dall'oppressione politica. L'opera fu rappresentata per la prima volta a Vienna nel 1805, con il titolo di "Leonora...

L'unica opera di Beethoven, "Fidelio", incarna i suoi ideali di eroismo e di libertà dall'oppressione politica. L'opera fu rappresentata per la prima volta a Vienna nel 1805, con il titolo di "Leonora...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches. Among these is the very well known 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18) which was written in 1808 or 1809 as a march 'Für die böhmische Landwehr' (For th...