1. Beethoven - Noun
2. Beethoven - Proper noun
German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
the music of Beethoven
Source: WordNetI occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven. Jascha Heifetz
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. Ludwig van Beethoven
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years. William F. Buckley
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. H. L. Mencken
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? Robert Fripp