Beethoven House
Bonngasse 20, 53111 Bonn
This is the house where Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770. Largely maintained in its original condition, the building now accommodates the biggest Beethoven collection world-wide: paintings and portraits, original manuscripts and first editions of meaningful works.
In the 19th century the house fronting the street was used as restaurant. When the whole building complex was put up for sale and was in danger of being torn down, twelve interested citizens of Bonn founded the Beethoven House Society in 1889. The Society remains today the body responsible for Beethoven's birth house, and it also owns the largest collection of Beethoveninan in the world.
（当整座房屋面临拆除威胁时，波恩的十二位市民于1889年建立了贝多芬故居协会，他们购买了房屋，并设立了纪念馆至今。）
Frances
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2005-09-11 21:01
Important Dates:
1770 (December 17 or 17) Ludwig is born as the second child of Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and is baptized on Dec. 17 in the parish church of St. Remigius.
1778 (March 26) Ludwig van Beethoven’s first performance as a pianist, in Cologne.
1782 First publication of a composition.
1784 Beethoven becomes court organist, later also violist in the court orchestra of the Elector of Cologne.
1792 in November Beethoven moves to Vienna and becomes a student of Joseph Haydn.
1795 Beethoven’s Opus 1(Three Piano Trios)appears in print.
1798 Beginning of his hearing problems.
1800 Beethoven organizes his first concert of his own works. The First Symphony is performed for the first time.
1802 (October 6) Heiligenstadt Testament, thoughts of suicide.
1809 Beethoven is promised an annuity by his patrons in order to keep him in Vienna.
1813 With “Wellington’s Victory or the Battle of Vittoria”, Op, 91, Beethoven reaches the zenith of his fame.
1824 First performance of the Ninth Symphony.
1827 (March 26) Beethoven dies.
1827 (March 29) Beethoven is buried. 20,000 people take part in the funeral procession.
The backyard in Beethoven's House.
Frances
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2005-09-11 21:12
Totally there 12 rooms in the House, tourists can only photo outside the room. The House is so quiet that you can hear the "gejigeji" when you walk on the wooden floor.
the Back house towards the garden. After their marriage in 1767, Beethoven's parents lived here.
Hope more pics and more letters.heihei
just know the person ,but donot understand his music.
People experience, then feel the music. Beethoven is a great soul.
Good old news.
I havenot been out of our country.