- The Unheard Beethoven - http://www.unheardbeethoven.org/
MIDI files of the composer's less famous compositions.
- Classical Net: Beethoven - http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/beethovn.html
Basic repertoire list, MIDI files, and recommended recordings.
- Life of Beethoven - http://www.edinboro.edu/cwis/music/cordell/comp-beeth.html
Brief biographical outline.
- The Beethoven Reference Site - http://www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk
Includes biography, pictures, a discussion, family tree, and complete list of works.
- Lucare: Beethoven the Immortal - http://www.lucare.com/immortal/
Introduction and detailed account of the composer's life. Articles include his deafness, demeanor, daily routine, medical history, final days, and letters. MIDI recordings also available.
- Classical Music Pages - http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven.html
Article from The Grove Concise Dictionary of music with portrait and links. Includes information on symphonies, concerti, piano and chamber music, picture gallery, list of works, and bibliography.
- Beethoven in Vienna - http://www.literarytraveler.com/beethoven/beethoven.htm
An article describing tourist sites related to his life.
- Decca Classics - http://www.deccaclassics.com/music/composers/beethoven.html
Brief biography and illustration with emphasis on his humanity and personal struggles.
- Beethoven: The Magnificent Master - http://raptusassociation.org
Biography, listing of works, picture gallery, creation histories, music criticism, other composers, and opera guides.
- Grave of Beethoven - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72
Photographs of the burial place of the composer in Vienna. The cemetery shows other notables sharing his resting place.
- Mfiles: Ludwig van Beethoven - http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Composers/Ludwig-van-Beethoven.htm
Brief biography, links to related composers, and music examples in sheet music, MIDI, or MP3.
- BBC News: Beethoven's Ninth Up for Sale - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1931276.stm
The earliest-known draft of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony goes under the hammer with an estimated price tag of up £200,000.
- Beethoven on Vintage Postcards - http://www.luckymojo.com/beethoven.html
Graphic image gallery and history of early 20th century European postcards depicting the composer. Biographical notes with images of some of the postcards.
- Classical Music Archives: Beethoven - http://www.classicalarchives.com/beethovn.html
Over 800 works by the composer offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Two biographies, including that from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Timelines, search engine.
- WQXR: Beethoven - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=883
Musical biography with education and influences, the gradual increase of deafness, and the development of his musical voice with comparison of periods of his life. Also, a summary list of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Classic Cat: Beethoven - http://www.classiccat.net/beethoven_l_van/index.htm
Directory of mp3s that have been made available by their performing artists and links to related sites.
- SJLibrary: Beethoven Database - http://mill1.sjlibrary.org:83/
San Jose State University provides a fully indexed bibliography of published materials relating to the composer, including biographies and compositions.
- Beethoven Memorial Museum - http://members.chello.at/h.swietly/Frames/Deutsch/Beethoven-Gedenkst%e4tte/Text/Default.htm
Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria: The former home of countess Erdödy, where some of his works were composed; now houses a museum and small concert hall.
- IMDb: Beethoven Filmography - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0002727/
Includes television shows and movies featuring his music and various productions based on his life.
- Naxos: Ludwig Van Beethoven - http://www.naxos.com/composer/btm.asp?fullname=Beethoven,%20Ludwig%20van
Brief biography and caricature with summaries of his stage works, choral and vocal, orchestral, chamber, piano, and dance music with recommended recordings.
- Markwshead: Beethoven Music Analysis - http://www.markwshead.com/music/analysis_symphony.htm
A statisical analysis of Symphony No. 3 by Mark W. Shead using statistical methods to study the 3rd Symphony.
- Beethoven Depot - http://www.edepot.com/beethoven.html
Catalog of works, information on the 9 symphonies, MIDI collection, message board and chat room, pictures, and biography.
- Beethoven - http://www.beethoven.ws
Biography and a photo album.
- All About Beethoven - http://www.all-about-beethoven.com
Major life events and informative influences, commentary on various works with sample notation, gallery of portraits and places, free sheet music in DOC format, advice on playing selected pieces, and links.
- Beethoven's Hair - http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/beethoven/hair/hair.html
Includes information about an analysis of his lock of hair, and how lead poisoning may have been the cause of death.
- Record Hall: Ludwig Van Beethoven - http://www.recordhall.com/recordhall/Biographies/Classical-Biographies/ludwig-van-beethoven.html
A biography, and short analyses of some of his most popular works.
- Karadar: Beethoven - http://www.karadar.com/dictionary/beethoven.html
Information about his life, works, catalogues. Contains MIDI files including sonatas and all nine symphonies.
- Passion and Romance: Beethoven - http://www.geocities.com/ahsan_vampire/title/main/mainpage.html
Contains MIDI files, wallpapers, a biography, picture gallery, quotes, and numerological facts.
- The Romantic Cult and the Ode to Joy - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15634.ctl
An account of the international mourning following Beethoven's death and the acclamation of the Ode as a "European anthem."
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 - http://myweb.liu.edu/~jmeschi/Flash/b5/b5.htm
A flash presentation analyzing the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor.
- Symphony5 - http://www.symphony5.com/en/index.htm
Analysis and short audio clip of Symphony No.5. Includes a biography, works, and sheet music downloads.
- Sonatas for Piano Solo - http://www.qedinteractive.com.au/html/jbc/bethvint.htm
Interpretations of the composers piano sonatas, including the Appassionata and Moonlight sonatas.
- The Loudoun Symphony - http://www.loudounsymphony.org/notes/beethoven-9
An analysis of his Symphony No. 9.
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