The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, which was mostly spent in Vienna, and mainly devoted to composition:
1770 Born at Bonn, Prussia, Dec. 16. 1783 First composition, “Variations on a March.” 1785 Appointed Court Organist. 1787 Sent to Vienna by Elector of Cologne to study with Mozart. 1792 Second visit to Vienna to study with Haydn. 1795 Composed three trios in Vienna, marked Opus 1, indicating that he regarded all he had previously produced as of no consequence. 1796 Made an artistic tour in North Germany. 1797 First Symphony. 1798 Deafness began, and continually increased during the remainder of his life. 1802 Second Symphony. 1803 Oratorio of “Mount of Olives” performed in Vienna. 1804 Third Symphony (“Eroica”). 1805 Composed “Fidelio,” his only opera. 1806 Fourth Symphony. 1808 Fifth Symphony. 1808 Sixth Symphony (“Pastoral”). 1812 Seventh Symphony. 1812 Eighth Symphony (“The Little”). 1822 Mass in D. 1823 Ninth Symphony (“Choral”). 1827 Died in Vienna, Dec. 26.
BARBAROSSA WILLIAM OF ORANGE MARIA THERESA THE MAID OF ORLEANS FREDERICK THE GREAT THE LITTLE DAUPHIN HERMANN AND THUSNELDA THE SWISS HEROES EMPEROR WILLIAM I LOUISE, QUEEN OF PRUSSIA THE YOUTH OF THE GREAT ELECTOR ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA AND QUEEN OF HUNGARY MARIE ANTOINETTE’S YOUTH THE DUKE OF BRITTANY
BEETHOVEN MOZART JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH JOSEPH HAYDN
FRITHJOF SAGA GUDRUN THE NIBELUNGS WILLIAM TELL ARNOLD OF WINKELRIED UNDINE
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_Translated from the German by_ GEORGE P. UPTON
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Beethoven Mozart Johann Sebastian Bach Joseph Haydn
Frithjof Saga Gudrun The Nibelungs William Tell Arnold of Winkelried Undine
Eugenie, Empress of the French Charlemagne Prince Eugene Queen Marie Sophie of Naples