Ludwig van Beethoven - Birthplace

Ansichtskarte / Motivkarte | Postkarte

Object Details

• Location: Historische Bildpostkarten - Universität Osnabrück
• Collection: Sammlung Christoph Müller-Oberhäuser
• Other number(s): os_ub_0027082 (Objekt-Signatur)
• Material/Technique: Karton
• Inscription/Labeling: Reward Card (gedruckt, Vorderseite) ; Ludwig van Beethoven. | Born December 16, 1770. Died March 26, 1827. | "The greatest composer of Sym | phony." Born at bonn, Germany; his father | and grandfather were musicians. Beethoven said to | have been a grave, solemn boy. He began to study | music when he was five years old, and was made to | work very hard and long by his father. In 1787 he | improvised a difficult fugue before Mozart, who said, | "He will make a noise in the world some day." |; While still a young man he went to Vienna to live, | and princes and the aristocracy made much of him, and | gave him constant support. By concert playing, com- | posing and teaching, he earned a comfortable living. | In 1789 he began to grow deaf. This affliction and the | conduct of a dissipated nephew, whom he very much | loved, made him irritable and sometimes rude in his | behavior. He was a poor business manager and often | in want. He never married, and lived alone, often with- | out servants. He was passionately fond of nature and | often composed while walking. He died in Vienna. | ; A fine player, he also stands highest as a composer. | He wrote nine symphonies, many quartets, sonatas, | masses, concertos, one opera, and many small pieces | including songs. |; ; From Sonata, op. 26. (gedruckt, Rückseite)
• Acknowledgment: Christoph Müller-Oberhäuser

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Theodore Presser Co. (Verlag, Herausgeber)
• (where): Philadelphia (USA)
• Event: Gebrauch
• (when): circa 1910
• (description): nicht frankiert ; nicht gestempelt ; unbeschrieben ; nicht gelaufen

Further information

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• Rights: Historische Bildpostkarten - Universität Osnabrück
• Last update: 11.03.2025, 8:45 AM CET