Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy

Ludwig van Beethoven

( 1770 - 1827 )

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Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770 - 1827 ), was born in Bonn in 1770 and first visited Vienna in 1787, originally planning to study with maestro W.A. Mozart. He was obliged to return home almost immediately as his mother became ill. He returned in 1792, after the death of Mozart, and began studying with Joseph Haydn. 

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Beethoven lived and worked in Vienna for the rest of his life (he died in 1827), helping it to further consolidate its position as the musical centre of Europe. He composed all of his immortal masterpieces here. Ignaz Bösendorfer started his piano manufactory in 1828, the year following Beethoven’s death, and his ideas of sound were very much shaped by Vienna’s cultural environment that was profoundly influenced by - eventually - Beethoven. Many artists have chosen Bösendorfer instruments for their performance of Beethoven’s works.
 

This Beethoven proclamation adorns the right shelf of the music stand likewise in shimmering mother-of-pearl, perfectly harmonising with the chrome fittings and the silver-coloured frame. The Grand Piano Beethoven Edition from the Bösendorfer Artist Series is limited to an edition of 15 pianos, available in ebony or white highgloss polish, each with an individually numbered plaque on the key block. 

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