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Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office

In 1784 Beethoven was appointed deputy court organist at Bonn. It is a paid electoral-chapel office, not the Ninth. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1784 Beethoven was appointed deputy court organist at Bonn. It is a paid electoral-chapel office, not the Ninth. Ludwig van Beethoven's documented role is: He took a chapel post under Elector Maximilian Francis. The court paid; Neefe had taught him.

Context

Christian Gottlob Neefe had been his teacher. Sharing the chapel with the electoral establishment is required. The setting of Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office is the public file around 1784-01-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office on 1784-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He took a chapel post under Elector Maximilian Francis. The court paid; Neefe had taught him.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Beethoven, move to Vienna 1792Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Beethoven-Haus Bonn — Bonn years heritageBeethoven-Haus Bonn · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Beethoven-Haus Bonn — Bonn years heritage at https://www.beethoven.de/en (opens in a new tab) (Beethoven-Haus Bonn). Independent locator: Britannica — Beethoven, Bonn chapel at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Beethoven-Haus Bonn — Bonn years heritage (https://www.beethoven.de/en (opens in a new tab); Beethoven-Haus Bonn). Independent carrier: Britannica — Beethoven, Bonn chapel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office under 1784-01-01 for Ludwig van Beethoven. Established: a sourced public record of Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office under 1784-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office. Naming Ludwig van Beethoven does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1784-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLudwig van Beethoven
  2. contributed toFactBeethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Beethoven is appointed deputy court organist at Bonn as a paid electoral-chapel office. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/lvb-bonn-chapel

https://factrail.ai/facts/lvb-bonn-chapel

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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