The renowned German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven has long been the subject of theories that he had African heritage.
“Beethoven as a Black Composer” by de Lerma in the Black Music Research Journal, Coleridge-Taylor reportedly thought this because of “the great composer’s type of features and many little points in his character, as well as by his friendship for [George Bridgewater], the mulatto violinist.” However, de Lerma pointed out that Beethoven’s friendship could not be considered as evidence, even though it was known that he was darker complexioned.
In the biographical series, “The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven” by American journalist Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Beethoven isLike the multitude of studious youths and young men who came thither annually to find schools and teachers, this small, thin, dark-complexioned, pockmarked, dark-eyed, bewigged young musician of 22 years had quietly journeyed to the capital to pursue the study of his art with a small, thin, dark-complexioned, pockmarked, black-eyed and bewigged veteran composer.
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