{"id":65445,"date":"2019-08-30T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/gothenburg-symphony-orchestra\/ludwig-van-beethoven\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:16:23","slug":"ludwig-van-beethoven-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/discover\/composers\/ludwig-van-beethoven-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In social life, Beethoven could be a\u00a0lout with his straightforward and uncensored comments &#8211; he did not have time for unnecessary flattery or obsequiousness. He had no time for anything but himself, really. He never doubted that he was the greatest of his time in music. So he was hardly a popular person and remained a bachelor for life, even though love seems to have clawed its way into him on a couple of occasions.<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDGEd5LAiaA\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\nMaybe the reluctance and suspicion was due to growing up with a\u00a0lush to father who abused him and forced him to play for his drunken friends. A tough upbringing can create a tough person. But there is also a strong humanistic trait in him with sympathies for the French Revolution&#8217;s motto, freedom, equality and brotherhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In social life, Beethoven could be a\u00a0lout with his straightforward and uncensored comments &#8211; he did not have time for unnecessary flattery or obsequiousness. He had no time for anything but himself, really. He never doubted that he was the greatest of his time in music. So he was hardly a popular person and remained<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":65452,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/standard-large-image.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65445","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 06:33:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65445"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117753,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65445\/revisions\/117753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}