He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Michelangelo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Friedrich von Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Prinz Louis Ferdinand, Clemens Brentano, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Eduard Mörike, Richard Wagner, Otto von Bismarck, Martin Luther, Napoleon Bonaparte & Franz Kafka