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Beethoven's history: 1770 - 1802
Part 1 of our Beethoven timeline follows the story of the composer's birth to his Symphony no. 2.
1770: Beethoven is born
17 December: Beethoven is baptised in the church of St Remigius, Bonn. The date of his birth is not recorded, but since it was customary for baptisms to take place within 24 hours of birth, it is likely he was born on 16 December.
1773
24 December: Beethoven's beloved grandfather, Kapellmeister Ludwig van Beethoven, dies.
1774
8 April: Beethoven's brother Caspar Carl baptised.
1776
2 October: Beethoven's brother Nikolaus Johann baptised.
1778: Beethoven's first public appearance
26 March: Beethoven's first known public performance, in Cologne. His father advertised his age as six years, although he was in fact seven, probably to draw favourable comparisons with the child prodigy Mozart. He played 'various clavier concertos and trios'.
1780
Beethoven begins lessons with Gottlob Neefe, who writes of him in Cramer's Magazin der Musik: "He plays the clavier very skilfully and with power [and] reads at sight very well... This youthful genius is deserving of help to enable him to travel. He would surely become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were he to continue as he has begun."
1783 First compositions
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Beethoven's history: 1813 - 1827
Part 3: Passion and Glory 1813 - 1827, Beethoven's final few years of his life were marred by family feuds and illness, but he still produced some of his best music, including his Ninth Symphony before his death
1813 Battle Symphony premiered
8 March: Karl Brentano born.
8 April: Minona von Stackelberg born.
12 April: Carl van Beethoven, seriously ill with consumption, declares that in the event of his death he wants Beethoven to be guardian of his son Karl.
21 June: The English army under Wellington defeats the French at the Battle of Vittoria in Spain. Mälzel persuades Beethoven to write a piece in celebration of the victory for his mechanical instrument, the panharmonicon. In return Mälzel constructs the first of several ear trumpets for Beethoven. The piece is later orchestrated and becomes known as the Battle Symphony op. 91.
July: Prince Lobkowitz, another of the signatories to Beethoven's annuity, leaves Vienna in disgrace after going bankrupt.
12 August: Austria declares war on France.
28 August: Gerhard von Breuning born.
16 October: Napoleon defeated by a combined army of Austrians, Prussians, Russians and Swedes at the Battle of Leipzig, the 'Battle of the Nations'.
8 December: Beethoven and Mälzel gi
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Classic FM Corridor of Fame
List of wellreceived works tinge classical music
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