Kaspar anton karl van beethoven birth date

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    Karl van Beethoven

    Nephew of Ludwig van Beethoven

    This article is about the nephew of Ludwig van Beethoven. For his father, see Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven.

    Karl van Beethoven (4 September – 13 April ) 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 father's death.

    Early years

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    Beethoven (hereinafter referred to as Karl) was the grandson of Johann van Beethoven, a Flemish-German musician, teacher, and singer. Johann married Maria Magdalena Keverich and had seven children, three of whom survived into adulthood: Ludwig, Kaspar Anton Karl, and Nikolaus Johann.

    Karl's mother, Johanna Reiß, was six months pregnant with him when she married Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven on 25 May He was born three months later on 4 September [1]

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    Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven

    Brother of Ludwig van Beethoven

    In this Dutch name, the surname is van Beethoven, not Beethoven.

    Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (baptized 8 April – 15 November ) was a brother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

    Youth

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    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

    Career

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    In , Kaspar moved from the family home in Bonn to Vienna, where Ludwig had moved not long before. Ludwig's biographer Thayer suggests that Ludwig at first helped him financially and also helped him in finding pupils[clarification needed]. Soon he was self-supporting.[1] Kaspar also tried his hand at musical composition, though he never reached any level of eminence in this area.

    In , Kaspar began working as a clerk in the Department of Finance. Also at this time he worked closely with Ludwig, serving as a part-