Chronological list of events in Beethoven's Life.

1804- Composes The Waldstein Sonata Op. 53 and the Appasionata Op. 57

1805, April 7th – The first audition of Eroica. Composes the 4th Piano Concerto Op.58

          November 20th – composes The First and Second Leonora Overtures.

1806- Composes the 3rd Leonora Overture, the 4th Symphony Op. 60, the Violin Concerto and the Razumovski quartet.

1807- The first audition of the 4th symphony and of the Piano Concerto No.4. Composes the 5th Symphony Op.67

1808- composes the Choral Piano and Orchestra Fantasia Op. 80

1809 May 11th- The Vienna Siege. He finishes the 5th Piano Concerto Op.73, the Op. 74 Quartet and the Piano Sonatas Op.78, 79 si 81.

1810 May- Meets Bettina Brentano. Composes the music for Goethe’s Egmont, the Op. 95 quartet. The first audition of the Piano Concerto Op. 73 in Leipzig

1812, February 12th- The first audition of the 5th Piano Concerto. Meets Goethe. Finishes the 7th and 8th Symphonies in September.

1813, December 8th – The first audition of the 7th Symphony.

1814, November 29th – Composes the Triple Concerto Op. 56 and the Piano Sonata Op. 90.

1815- Composes the Scottish Songs Op. 108.

1816- Composes the piano sonata Op. 101

1817- The first lines of the 9th Symphony.

1818- Composes the HammerKlavier Sonata

1820- Composes the Op.109 Sonata.

1822- Composes the Piano Sonatas Op.110 and 111. Finishes the Missa Solemnis and composes the Die Weihe des Hauses Overture, Op. 124.

1823- Finishes the 9th Symphony.Composes the Op. 120 variations and the Diabelli variations.

         February 8th – Letter to Goethe.

         March 19th- First audition of Missa Solemnis

1825- Composes the Op. 127 130 and 132 quartets.1826-Composes the Op. 131 and 135 quartets. In December falls ill with pneumonia.

1827- January 3rd – Makes his Will

         March 26th, 17:45- Ludwig van Beethoven dies.

Read more about Beethoven's Life

• Beethoven: Childhood and Youth (1770-1792)
• Beethoven: Rise to Fame (1792-1805)
• Beethoven: Artistic Maturity (1805-1815)
• Beethoven: Last Years (1815-1827)
• The Heiligenstadt Testament
• The Immortal Beloved Letters

Best 5 Beethoven Books

1. Beethoven: The Universal Composer by Edmund Morris; Eminent Lives (October 4, 2005).
2. Beethoven by Maynard Solomon; Schirmer Books; 2nd Rev edition (September 1, 2001).
3. Beetoven: The Music and the Life by Lewis Lockwood;W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (January 30, 2005).
4. Late Beethoven: Music, Thought, Imagination by Maynard Solomon; University of California Press; 1 edition (October 4, 2004).
5. Beethoven as I Knew Him by Anton Felix Schindler; Dover Publications; n.e.of "Beethoven as I Knew Him: A Biography" edition (September 3, 1996).

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