The two worlds didn't translate. Beethoven tried to litigate the matter of the custody of his nephew in the Austrian court of the nobility, but when the judges discovered that Van and Von weren't the same thing, the case was moved to the court of the commoners.
He was always Van because his family entered the German-speaking world from the Netherlands.
Well, I’ve never been much into classical music myself (I’m from Tennessee...More into country music)...It seems I just always heard his name pronounced “von”...
Well, I’ve never been much into classical music myself (I’m from Tennessee...More into country music)...It seems I just always heard his name pronounced “von”...
Not Dutch nobility but from a particular location in Brabant, now Belgium - "Von" is descent, "Van" is birthplace.