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Beethoven As Fictional CharacterThis article is a summary of works of fiction in which the celebrated composer Ludwig van Beethoven appears as a character. By all accounts, Beethoven possessed a forceful personality that made a powerful impression--for good or ill--on all who knew him. Moreover, a great number of vivid tales about Beethoven (of which a certain fraction are undoubtedly true) persisted after the composer's lifetime. Thus it is not surprising that many authors and filmmakers have incorporated Beethoven as a character into works of fictionalized biography. The following are examples: - Un grand amour de Beethoven ("A great love of Beethoven", 1936), film directed by Abel Gance
- Le neveu de Beethoven ("Beethoven's Nephew," 1985), directed by Paul Morrissey
- In the anime OVA Read or Die, the clone of Beethoven appears briefly. This clone is part of the I-Jin, a group of people that are clones of famous people who are trying to wipe out the rest of the world, so they can have it to themselves. According to the story, Beethoven composed a symphony that will compel any who listen to it to commit suicide. The story of the anime series revolves around preventing the symphony from being broadcast to the world. This clone of Beethoven is slain by Yomiko Readman.
As always with such works (see also Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), it is ill-advised to take them as a source of knowledge concerning their subject, since the author's purpose will normally be artistic rather than scholarly.
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