I seen it was posted a week ago in the music category by Chief1234, it was asked if Beethoven a black man, the question reference that he used was a short description, which should have been the full reference which can be found on this page.
http://www.members.aol.com/spiritflight7/Essays.htm
2006-11-27 17:21:31 · 19 answers · asked by Robert G 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
According to Joel Rogers, "yes," but you have to understand that this was not proven, just "inferred" by Rogers, who had a mono-mania about the "blackness" of people throughout history.
Rogers' evidence for the composer's blackness, presented in the third volume of Sex and Race, is twofold: (1) Some of Beethoven's ancestors lived in Belgium; Belgium had long been controlled by Spain; Spain employed some full-blooded Negro troops and in addition had been overrun by the Moors in medieval times; the Moors, according to Rogers, were a hybrid of white and black African stock; ergo, over the span of 1,000 years, black ancestry could conceivably have been transmitted from Africa to Beethoven. (2) Beethoven had a darker complexion than was typical of northern Europeans of his day, and some referred to him as "the black Spaniard."
2006-11-27 17:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
If hard evidence that points him to be "black" exists, then... Who can argue? This is the first time I've heard of that by the way. I really don't pay attention to race, especially when it comes to Beethoven and his awesome music.
2016-05-22 21:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there's a surprise, an author well known for promoting black rights laying claim to not only Beethoven but Haydn as well.
2006-11-27 17:26:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Not only Beethoven was not black, but further he was not treated as a negro either, since he was one of the first composers to sell his compositions to publishers, and to gain financial support from a number of wealthy patrons — rather than being permanently employed by the Church or by an aristocratic court, as did most of his contemporaries.
PS Do forgive the word “negro”; it was only used to highlight my point.
2006-11-27 21:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ludwig Van Beethoven was a German composer. Germans are Caucasian.
2006-11-27 17:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by M N 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Not if pictures are evidence. He's always depicted as a white German.
2006-11-28 03:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by Darkwing 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I know it's been suggested that he was a mulatto. Meaning he was mixed.
2006-11-27 17:24:03 · answer #7 · answered by intangible_me 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
dont be crazy,many pictures of Beethoven ,he was german
2006-11-27 17:29:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Black and Jewish
2006-11-27 18:02:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
He was a white guy. He was German too I think, but he definitely was not black.
2006-11-27 17:23:43 · answer #10 · answered by hipeople354 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋