Ludwig or Ludvig: Mozart or Motzart

[Phil Leeds]

That's interesting Fanny del Rio. In the BBC programme "Eroica" someone called Beethoven "Louis" and I thought that can't be correct but seems it is

P.S. Hi everyone, I'm new here

[Peter]

That's interesting Fanny del Rio. In the BBC programme "Eroica" someone called Beethoven "Louis" and I thought that can't be correct but seems it is

P.S. Hi everyone, I'm new here

Yes welcome Phil. French was the language of polite society in Austria and Russia at that time - ironic since Napoleon was bombarding the hell out of them!

[Michael]

That's interesting Fanny del Rio. In the BBC programme "Eroica" someone called Beethoven "Louis" and I thought that can't be correct but seems it is

P.S. Hi everyone, I'm new here

Welcome, Phil. I read recently that Beethoven was known to his friends as "Louis" (without the S sound). In "Copying Beethoven" he is called this in several scenes.

[Joy]

Welcome, Phil. I read recently that Beethoven was known to his friends as "Louis" (without the S sound). In "Copying Beethoven" he is called this in several scenes.

I believe it was that way in "Immortal Beloved" also if memory serves me correctly.