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Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer referenced as a towering figure in music.

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Also known as Beethoven

First appearance: i prejudices of philosophers

Ludwig van Beethoven shows up with force in The Twilight of European Taste: From Mozart to Romanticism. The page is where that presence becomes real.

An 'intermediate event' between a decaying old soul and an over-young future; his music bathed in the twilight of loss and extravagant hope of the Rousseau-to-Napoleon era.
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TNThe NarratorRSRobert SchumannTGThe GermansWAWolfgang Amade…RWRichard WagnerLVLudwig van Beethoven

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  • European Cultural Pantheon
  • Protagonist
  • German Intellectual Figures

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