In 1761 he was appointed Kapellmeister, a position which – although he seems not to have been a composer, unlike other occupants of such a post – carried with it the responsibility of supervising the musical establishment of the court. The composer’s grandfather, Ludwig (Louis) van Beethoven ( 1712–73), the son of an enterprising burgher of Mechelen (Belgium), was a trained musician with a fine bass voice, and after positions at Mechelen, Leuven and Liège accepted in 1733 an appointment as bass in the electoral chapel at Bonn. Three generations of the Beethoven family found employment as musicians at the court of the Electorate of Cologne, which had its seat at Bonn.
(ii) Beethoven’s influence on music and musical thought.Membranophones (Stretched Membrane Percussion) Music Business, Institutions and Organizations
