LUDWIG (Beethoven 33231)

LUDWIG (Beethoven 33231)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: LUDWIG (Beethoven 33231)
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 33231 42556 7132
Key: B Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

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New Manual of Praise #400

The Pocket Harmony #24

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #718

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The Tribute of Praise #718

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