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Albrecht von Wallenstein or von Waldstein (1583–1634), Bohemian military leader and politician, a major figure in the Thirty Years' War; Adam von Waldstein (1570–1638), Czech noble, Supreme Burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia; Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein (1762–1823), German noble, patron of Beethoven to whom the sonata is ...
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The sonata's name derives from Beethoven's dedication to his close friend and patron Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein, member of Bohemian noble Waldstein family (Valdštejn). It is the only work that Beethoven dedicated to him. [1]
Coat of arms of the Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland The current Waldstein coat of arms. The House of Waldstein or House of Valdštejn is a Bohemian noble family that originated from the Kingdom of Bohemia as a branch of the Markwartinger family (House of Markvartic [1]) and gained prominence during the reign of the Přemyslid dynasty.
The beginning of the first movement. Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning "passionate" in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Op. 53 and Les Adieux, Op. 81a); it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and Beethoven dedicated it to cellist ...
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She was born on 30 May 1761 in Vienna, as daughter of Count Emanuel Philibert von Waldstein-Wartenberg (1731–1775) and sister of Count Ferdinand von Waldstein, early patron of Ludwig van Beethoven. [2] Aged 18, she married the 47-year-old widowed Spanish Marquis of Santa Cruz José Joaquín de Silva-Bazán. She followed her husband to Spain ...
One of 11 children, his older brothers included Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein [1] and Josef Karl von Waldstein (1755-1814), who was an enthusiast of Kabbalah and employer of Giacomo Casanova. [2] His sister Marie-Anne Waldstein (1763-1808) became a famous painter in Spain. [3] In 1787 he joined the Teutonic Knights and became a novice in ...