I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is ne… - Ludwig van Beethoven

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I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with him.

Ludwig van Beethoven

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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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Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.

(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)

[Said on his deathbed]

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with him. - Ludwig van Beethoven

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