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Music is the electric soil in which the spirit thinks, lives and invents. All that's electrical stimulates the mind to flowing surging musical creation. I am electrical by nature.

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Age: 56 †
Born: 1770
Born: December 16
Died: 1827
Died: March 26
Composer
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Music Pedagogue
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Organist
Pianist
Violinist
Virtuoso
Bonn
Germany
Beethoven
L. van Beethoven
Ludvig van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
L. Bethovenas
Ludwik van Beethoven
Louis van Beethoven
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