Adventures with Beethoven

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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 

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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://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearinginternational/2011/hearing-beethoven-part-ii-the-medical-conclusion/ 

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 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/26/did-beethovens-love-for-married-aristocrat-and-a-doomed-son-colour-his-darkest-work 

Scene Four

https://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/history_f-r.html

wikipedia.org

britannica.com

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://leonardbernstein.com/lectures/television-scripts/young-peoples-concerts/anatomy-of-symphony-orchestra

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/