Ludwig van Beethoven

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I'd like to have the page moved to Ludwig van Beethoven, but not sure if that would affect the listing ... it might put him under the L's instead. As of right now, he's the only composer listed without any first name, so he sticks out.

Also, who put him under Romantic composers? He was part of the Classical Period.

I'd say, ultimately, he's Romantic at heart, but Classical in aesthetics (or structure, something, I hope you understand what I mean ), at least in his earlier years.

Whenever I think about him it's Romantically ....(, not romantically....)


he's certainly always looked upon as the bridge between Classical and Romantic, so if I had to categorize him, I'd say Romantic.

I find Beethoven to be a stereotypical representation of classical music. I also agree with Susan McClary's views on Beethoven. In Feminist Endings, she describes certain important parts of Beethoven's 9th symphony as violent and repressive. I completely agree with her after finding such contrasting ideas in more contemporary classical music, and even in other composers within the same periods that Beethoven has been described to be a part of. Beethoven is still to me, deliciously misogynistic. I've always been a little bit of a sadist. :-p

In my opinion, if Beethoven's classical, so's Brahms.

Take what you like from that statement, I'm not ever sure why I said it.

I agree about moving him to Ludwig Van Beethoven, not sure whether being alphabetized (is that a word?) by first name is really a problem.