Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
Appearance
Works
[edit]- Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique") (1798)
- "Sardis", hymn tune based on Opus 40: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major (1802)
- Ode to Joy (in 1785)
- Musical setting to "Concord Hymn" in The Riverside song book (pub. 1893).
- Fidelio (1805–1814), libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
- Extracts translated by John Oxenford (1835) (external scan)
Letters
[edit]Works about Beethoven
[edit]- "Beethoven, Louis Van," by John Weeks Moore in Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company (1880)
- "Beethoven, Ludwig van," by George Grove in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)
- "Beethoven, Ludwig van," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Ludwig van Beethoven," by Louis C. Elson in University Musical Encyclopedia, New York: The University Society (1912)
- "Ludwig Van Beethoven," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- Beethoven, by Romain Rolland, transl. by Bertha Constance Hull (1927)
About his works
[edit]- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, by George Grove, 1882. (transcription project)
- "Beethoven, Ludwig van, catalogue," in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)
- "Beethoven, Ludwig van/Beethoven's Music," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Poems about Beethoven
[edit]- "Beethoven" by Florence Earle Coates ("He cursed the day when he was born")
- "Beethoven" by Richard Watson Gilder ("I came to a great city. Palaces")
- "Beethoven" by Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic
- "Beethoven" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon ("A stately and a solemn song")
- "To Beethoven" by Sidney Lanier ("In o’er-strict calyx lingering")
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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