Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nob… - Ludwig van Beethoven

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Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Ludwig van Beethoven

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About Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17 1770, died March 26 1827) was a German composer and pianist who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.

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Alternative Names: L. van Beethoven • Ludvig van Beethoven • L. Bethovenas • Ludwik van Beethoven • Louis van Beethoven • L. v. Beethoven • L. van Betkhoven • Ludwig von Beethoven • Beethoven

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an artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself

"Not "brook" [in German: Bach], but "sea" should he [Johann Sebastian Bach] be called because of his infinite, inexhaustible richness in tone combinations and harmonies.

(Nicht Bach! Meer sollte er heissen: wegen seines unendlichen, unerschoepflichen Reichtums an Tonkombinationen und Harmonien.)"

Wie Du mich auch liebst, stärker liebe ich Dich doch. Doch nie verberge Dich vor mir.

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king - Ludwig van Beethoven

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