Patrons of Beethoven

We continue our ‘No man is an island’ series and in this new article we discover who Prince Lobkowitz was, what part he played in Viennese music history and in Beethoven’s life. Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz (1772-1816) was an aristocrat of Bohemia, present day Czech Republic. He was a full time music enthusiast, spending fortunes on music, most notably for …

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As we continue our studies on friends and influencers in Beethoven’s life, we focus this time on the kind and noble Lichnowsky-family, in Vienna. One of Beethoven’s earliest Vienna friends was Prince Lichnowsky and his family. The Prince was a noble man, a gentleman and not least a music lover. He was the pupil of non-other than Mozart himself! Both …

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