Famous Falsified Musicians: Ludwig Van Beethoven

[luddite]

Let's not all pull a Marcia Ramalho and claim that everybody in history was either a fraud or didn't exist.

Men back then were intellectual powerhouses. There are still people nowadays, albeit few, who can be as creative and productive.

I don't see the correlation. Only a handful of people have been mentioned which is far from "everybody" as you claim. You also provide no current "intellectual powerhouses" which was also never mentioned and is a common thread derailing tactic to introduce new unrelated and strawman arguments. In summary, you introduce "everyone" and then attack your new claim.

 

[Tapioca]

I read these articles on Beethoven and thought they were interesting.

Hidden name?
German musician and academic Johannes Quack notes that the famous opening can be read as a code that spells out the name Elise. The note E-flat is called an Es in German and is pronounced as "S", that makes E–(L)–(I)–S–E. Could this be a secret love note in Beethoven's score?
Source: Why Beethoven's ‘Für Elise’ is an unexpectedly sophisticated piece of music

The Mysterious Origins
“Für Elise” was composed around 1810 but was not published during Beethoven’s lifetime. It was discovered and published by Ludwig Nohl in 1867, a full 40 years after Beethoven’s death. The original manuscript was lost, and it is Nohl’s transcription that musicians and audiences know today. The circumstances of the composition’s creation and the reason for its late discovery contribute to the piece’s mystique.
Source: Für Elise: Unraveling the Mystery of Beethoven’s Masterpiece