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   Diabelli Variations

   Carl Czerny, a pupil of Beethoven, claimed that "Beethoven wrote these Variations in a merry freak.") ... Gerald Abraham calls it "one of the strangest passages Beethoven ever wrote."
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   Ludwig van Beethoven

   Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced /ˈluːdˌvɪɡ vɑːn ˈbeɪˌtoʊvən/ (U.S.) or /ˈlʊdˌvɪɡ væn ˈbeɪtˌhoʊvən/ (UK); German: [ˈluːt.vɪç fan ˈbeːt.hoːfən] ( listen); baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. ... Beethoven wrote the last quartets amidst failing health.
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   Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

   Beethoven wrote a number of works in C minor whose character is broadly similar to that of the Fifth Symphony. ... There are several passages in the symphony that have led to this view.
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   Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)

   Beethoven wrote this piece in triple time, but it is punctuated in a way that, when coupled with the speed of the metre, makes it sound as though it is in quadruple time. ... The variations are separated by passages in 3/4, the first in D major, the second in G major.
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   Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)

   The movement has made a powerful impression on many listeners; for instance, Berlioz wrote that it "is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify." ... It seems that Beethoven's heavy use of sforzando notes, together with just a few strategically located fortissimo passages, creates the sense of a very powerful sound in spite of the overall dynamic.
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   Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt)

   Beethoven Symphonies (French: Symphonies de Beethoven), S.464, is a set of nine transcriptions for solo piano by Franz Liszt after Ludwig van Beethoven's orchestral symphonies. ... For this work, Liszt recycled his previous transcriptions by simplifying passages, stating that "the more intimately acquainted one becomes with Beethoven, the more one clings to certain singularities and finds that even insignificant details are not without their value".
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   Bagatelles, Opus 126 (Beethoven)

   Ludwig van Beethoven's Bagatelles, Opus 126, dedicated to his brother Johann van Beethoven, were published late in his career, in the year 1825. ... Beethoven wrote his publisher Schott that the Opus 126 Bagatelles "are probably the best I've written."
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   Violin Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)

   Shortly before completing the work, Beethoven wrote to the Archduke Rudolph “… I did not make great haste in the last movement for the sake of mere punctuality, the more because, in writing it, I had to consider the playing of Rode. In our finales we like rushing and resounding passages, but this does not please R and — this hinders me somewhat.”
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   Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven)

   Beethoven wrote the Second Symphony without having a standard minuet; a scherzo took its place, which gave the composition even greater scope and energy. ... The fourth movement, Allegro molto, is composed of very rapid string passages.
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    Egmont (Beethoven)

    Egmont, opus 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... Beethoven wrote it between October 1809 and June 1810, and it was premiered on 15 June 1810.

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