Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder was a Flemish professional singer and music director, best known as the grandfather of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. In the baptismal register he was named Ludovicus van Beethoven. During his life, his first name was written variously as Lodewyk, Lodewyck, Lodewijck, Lodewijk, Louis, and Ludwig.

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Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder was a Flemish professional singer and music director, best known as the grandfather of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. In the baptismal register he was named Ludovicus van Beethoven. During his life, his first name was written variously as Lodewyk, Lodewyck, Lodewijck, Lodewijk, Louis, and Ludwig.

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“There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is, one must be half a tradesman.”
— Conversations (January 1801)
“Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.”
— Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
“Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life.”
— Attributed to Beethoven by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe (28 May 1810); Goethe's Correspondence with a Child (1837)
“The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.”
— Conversations (March 1820)
“Ach du erbärmlicher Schuft, was ich scheiße ist besser, als was du je gedacht.”
— O you miserable scoundrel, what I shit is better than anything you ever thought.
“Ich werde im Himmel hören! (I will hear in heaven!)”
— Said on his deathbed, 1827, as cited from the book Last Words.

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