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Ludwig von Beethoven Biography
Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) German Composer. "Fast power, intense passion, and infinite tenderness are manifested in all his compositions, which abound no less in sweetest melodies than in grand and complicated harmonies." (People’s Cyclopedia, Vol. I, New York: Syndicate Publishing, 1914)
The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. III (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 62. (From a painting by Carl Stieler)
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