Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder was a Flemish professional singer and music director, best known as the grandfather of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. In the baptismal register he was named Ludovicu
Portrait by Amelius Radoux, 1773, now in the Beethoven House, Bonn
Johann van Beethoven
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Johann van Beethoven was a German musician, teacher, and singer who sang in the chapel of the Archbishop of Cologne, whose court was at Bonn. He is best known as the father of the celebrated composer
Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder
…Mark Joseph van Beethoven (baptized 25 April 1736, Bonn, died unknown) Johann van Beethoven (born c. 1740, probably in Bonn, died 18 December 1792, Bonn); father of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven The family of Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder…
Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp, allegedly depicting Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. Whether the portrait is authentic or not is disputed, with Alexander Wheelock Thayer writing that it rests on "uncertain tradition" and it "lacks authoritative attestation".