Ludwig van Beethoven (15 Disemba 1770 - 26 Maachị 1826) ka a na-ahụta dị ka otu n'ime ndị na-ede egwú kachasị na nke kacha nwee mmetụta na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke egwu ọdịda anyanwụ. Beethoven bụ onye bụ isi na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ọdịda anyanwụ na omenala ụwa: a na-enwe mmasị n'egwú ya n'ụwa nile maka ike ya, mmalite ya, mmeri, na dike. Beethoven dere ọtụtụ n'ime egwu ya mgbe ntị chiri na ahụike siri ike; nke a mere ọtụtụ ndị ji ewere ya dị ka dike na nnukwu mmadụ.[1] A maara Beethoven dị ka onye nnọchianya nke European Romanticism.
Ludwig van Beethoven (Bonn, 15 december 1770 - Wenen, 26 maerte 1827) was 'n Duutse componist, urhanist, klavecinist, violist en direhent van romntikmeziek.