Adventures with Beethoven
Sources
Multiple Scenes
wikipedia.org: articles on Ludwig van Beethoven (the elder), Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nikolaus van Beethoven, Karl van Beethoven, Karl van Beethoven, Jr., the piano, timeline of the 18th and 19th centuries, Haydn, the Mozarts, Schubert, music theory, scales, and modes
pbs.org/newshour/health/what-caused-beethovens-deafness: PBS Newshour
classicfm.com: articles on Beethoven and his family, Beethoven’s deafness, composer wealth income, deafness and composing, Johann Andreas Nanette Streicher, Maria Magdelena (Beethoven’s mother), Eleonore Von Breuning, Antonie Brentano
lvbeethoven.com: family tree resource, Beethoven’s deafness
popularbeethoven.com: Haydn and Beethoven, Beethoven’s pianos
Scene One
britannica.com: articles on various members of the Beethoven family
familysearch.org: extended Beethoven family tree
exploreclassicalmusic.com: Beethoven’s family
sjsu.edu/beethoven/: Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
youtube.com: listening links
coloringcafe.com/coloring-pages/beethoven/: Beethoven coloring page
schooltube.com/media/Beethoven+Lives+upstairs/1_ho5pl7lh: video link
freepik.com: family tree template
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https://www.inflationtool.com/us-dollar/1989-to-present-value: inflation calculator
http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/2010/08/813-how-much-was-beethoven-paid.html: article on Beethoven’s yearly income
https://books.google.com/books?id=erlrsxWGGbwC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=viennese+florin+conversion+us+dollar&source=bl&ots=gD54SSAYVl&sig=ACfU3U1qV49Hf53EymRcyRc9PdwHXKdnpA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu3smn3tXtAhVGj54KHTvBC7U4ChDoATAGegQIChAC#v=onepage&q=viennese%20florin%20conversion%20us%20dollar&f=false: information on the conversation rate from Viennese florins to US dollars
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11vienna4.html: article about the four Classical era composers living in Vienna
https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1790-1799: information on yearly salaries in the late 1700s
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/08/lost-genius-the-other-mozart-sister-nannerl: article about Nannerl Mozart
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/11/business/economic-scene-mozart-s-money-misunderstanding.html: article about Mozart’s income
http://vanosnabrugge.org/docs/dutchmoney.html: article about the relationship between Dutch guilders and US dollars
https://jamesboldin.com/2010/08/19/how-much-did-haydn-earn/: article about Haydn’s income
http://oldrecipebook.com/1800s-livingcost.shtml: information about the cost of living in the 1800s
Scene Three
https://www.californiasymphony.org/composer/beethoven/the-whole-story-of-beethovens-deafness/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/01/beethoven-not-completely-deaf-says-musicologist
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/arts/music/beethoven-hearing-loss-deafness.html
https://www.kcrw.com/music/articles/beethovens-pianos
https://www.pianistmagazine.com/blogs/7-pianos-that-beethoven-played-during-his-lifetime/
https://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/history_f-r.html
https://www.kcrw.com/music/articles/beethovens-pianos
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/arts/music/beethoven-piano.html
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503202
https://www.bl.uk/19th-century-music/articles/beethoven-and-the-piano
https://www.worldpianonews.com/historical/beethovens-piano-baden/
http://www.all-about-beethoven.com/heiligenstadt_test.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1995-01-22-9501190820-story.html#
https://www.cpr.org/2020/09/22/the-2-women-who-could-be-beethovens-immortal-beloved/
https://interlude.hk/ludwig-van-b-and-the-ladies/
https://www.dw.com/en/the-many-women-in-beethovens-life/a-40380168
https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/all-too-closed-society
https://second.wiki/wiki/johanna_von_honrath
https://second.wiki/wiki/wilhelmine_von_und_zu_westerholt-gysenberg
Scene Four
https://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/history_f-r.html
https://www.cmuse.org/who-wrote-the-most-symphonies/
https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-curse-ninth-symphony-haunted-these-composers/
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/curse-of-the-ninth/
https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/uploads/History%20of%20the%20Orchestra.pdf
https://www.orsymphony.org/learning-community/instruments/
https://www.notestem.com/blog/saxophone-orchestra/
https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3901/symphony-no-1-in-c-major-op-21
https://www.indianapolissymphony.org/backstage/program-notes/beethoven-symphony-no-1/
https://lincolnsymphony.com/beethovens-heroic-beginnings-program-notes/