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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 ...
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland (pronunciation ⓘ; 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein (Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian [a] military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
Language and settlement [ edit ] The eastern part of the Waldstein ridge forms an approximate linguistic boundary between the East Franconian and Bavarian dialects , because settlement developed along the rivers rising in the Fichtel Mountains: the Saale , White Main Ohře and Fichtelnaab .
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 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]
Adam von Waldstein the Younger, nicknamed the Long (1569/8 June 1570 – 24 August 1638), was a Czech nobleman, the supreme Prague burgrave from the Waldstein family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His preserved diary is an important historical source.
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 ...
Waldstein Palace (Czech: Valdštejnský palác) is a Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Prague, ... (in English) The History of the Wallenstein Palace