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Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (baptized 8 April 1774 – 15 November 1815) was a brother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven . Youth. Kaspar van Beethoven was born in Bonn, the second son of Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich. He lost his mother at age 13 when she died on 17 July 1787. Career.
Karl van Beethoven (4 September 1806 – 13 April 1858) was the only son born to Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven and Johanna van Beethoven (née Reiß: Reiss) and the sole nephew of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. He is mainly remembered for being the center of a bitter custody battle between his mother and famous uncle after his ...
Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (batejat el 8 d'abril de 1774 – 15 de novembre de 1815) és recordat com el germà del cèlebre compositor Ludwig van Beethoven, amb qui col·laborà en les gestions amb els editors de música de Ludwig.
Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven. Soon, after Ludwig moving to Vienna, Kaspar followed him to the capital city in 1794. In the beginning the older brother supported him financially, but Kaspar soon became independent. From 1800 he began to work for the government at the Department of Finance.
Ludwig’s relationship with his brothers, Kaspar Anton Karl and Nikolaus Johann, was complex. Kaspar, who moved to Vienna with Ludwig, was both a support and a source of strife. His untimely death in 1815 left Ludwig as the guardian of his nephew, Karl, marking the beginning of a tumultuous and emotionally draining chapter in his life.
Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven was a skilled composer and instrumentalist who wrote chamber music, choral works, and piano sonatas. He studied composition with his brother Ludwig and composition with Joseph Haydn. His music was heavily influenced by the Classical style of the time, with its focus on elegance, gracefulness, and clarity.
Music. News. Album reviews. Pictures. Guides. Caspar Carl van Beethoven (1774-1815) Beethoven's brother. Carl followed his brother Ludwig to Vienna in May 1794. As a musician of minor talent he earned a meagre living giving piano lessons, trading on the fact that he was Beethoven's brother.
