Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein was one of Beethoven's early patrons in Bonn. Beethoven dedicated Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op.53 to him.[1] He was obsessed with the idea of defeating Napoleon's army, and squandered all his money raising an army with which to do so.[2]
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- Beach, David; Donald Mintz; Robert Palmer (Winter 1969). "Analysis Symposium: Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 53". Journal of Music Theory 13 (2): 186-217.
- Suchet, John. Beethoven's patrons - Count Waldstein. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
