Gottfried van Swieten
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Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten was a Dutch-born diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century. He was an enthusiastic amateur musician and is be
Prunksaal ("hall of splendor"), part of today's Austrian National Library, in the space of the former Imperial Library, of which van Swieten was head
Van Swieten, c. 1790
Mozart, about 1780. Detail of Mozart family portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce
Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven)
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Leip
1801 engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl, after a now-lost portrait of Beethoven by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg, ca. 1800.
