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Van Beethoven

noun

German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827). Synonyms: Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven.

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... been caused in Vienna on receipt of the news that, in view of BEETHOVEN'S full name being VAN BEETHOVEN, and his origin Dutch, he has been removed from the list of belligerent composers and regarded as a neutral by concert-givers in London and Paris. A counter-movement has in consequence been started with the object of treating BEETHOVEN ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 • Various

... Ludwig van Beethoven was born at Bonn, December 16, 1770. He came of a musical family. His father and grandfather were both musicians at Bonn, at the Court of the Elector of Cologne. The family originally came from Louvain, and settled in Antwerp in 1650, from which ...

— Beethoven • George Alexander Fischer

... with yourself, my dear Van II.? [From Rubinstein's likeness to Beethoven Liszt jokingly called him Van II. (that is, Van Beethoven)] Are you settled according to your liking at Bieberich, and do you feel in a fine vein of good-humor and work, or are you cultivating the Murrendo[This must refer to some witty joke.] of ...

— Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, "From Paris to Rome: - Years of Travel as a Virtuoso" • Franz Liszt; Letters assembled by La Mara and translated

Words linked to "Van Beethoven" : Beethoven, composer, Ludwig van Beethoven