Klarinet Archive - Posting 001144.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Edinger <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: Beethoven's heritage
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:39:18 -0400

"Just like with Ludwig von Beethoven and other German names"

Let me rush in here to be the first to point out, Craig, that it's van
Beethoven, not von Beethoven, and, as its owner was often proud to point
out, it is a Dutch name, not German (von is German, van is Dutch).

Bill E., being priggish again