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The Connections of Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer who carried music from the classical to the romantic age Every person recorded alongside Ludwig van Beethoven in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Ludwig van Beethoven in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Johann van Beethoven, Maria Magdalena van Beethoven
- Siblings
- Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven, Nicolaus Johann van Beethoven, Johann Peter Anton Leym
- Teachers
- Joseph Haydn, Antonio Salieri, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Johann Baptist Schenk, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Gilles van der Eeden
- Students
- Carl Czerny, Dorothea von Ertmann, Ferdinand Ries, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Babette Countess Keglevich de Buzin, Giulietta Guicciardi
- Influenced by
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Joseph Fux
- Influenced
- Johannes Brahms
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1770 to 1827.
Modern era
Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin of Brunei
1825 – May 10, 1906
Sultan of Brunei (1825-1906)
Modern era
Mswati II
1825 – 1868
King of Swaziland (1825–1868)
Modern era
Christian IX of Denmark
April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906
King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906
Modern era
William III of the Netherlands
February 19, 1817 – November 23, 1890
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817-1890)
Modern era
Charles III, Prince of Monaco
December 8, 1818 – September 10, 1889
Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 1856
Modern era
Joseph Smith
December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844
American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)
Modern era
Bahaullah
November 12, 1817 – May 29, 1892
Founder of the Bahá'í Faith (1817–1892)
Modern era
George Washington
February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799
Commander of the American Revolution and first President of the United States
Modern era
Napoleon Bonaparte
August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821
French emperor and general whose campaigns redrew the map of Europe
Modern era
Benito Juarez
March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872
President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Abdul Momin of Brunei
May 21, 1788 – May 29, 1885
Sultan of Brunei (1788-1885)