Roughly in order of appearance in the novel (sorry, there are no portraits of Johann Mälzel, the Breuning women or Johanna van Beethoven):
Lorenzo Da Ponte
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- Ferdinand Ries
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- Dr. Franz Wegeler
Sali, probably Beethoven’s longest-lasting servant
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- Ludwig at 24
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- Ludwig in love with Josephine
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- Ludwig in love with Giulietta
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- Before the Dec. 22, 1808 concert disaster
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- Stieler portrait in The Harmonicon’s office
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- Ludwig in the era of his 9th Symphony
Franz Joseph Haydn
Prince Joseph von Lobkowitz
Prince Karl von Lichnowsky
Princess Christiane von Lichnowsky
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- Daniel Steibelt
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- Joseph Wölffl
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- Therese Brunsvik
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- Josephine Brunsvik von Deym
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- Giulietta Guicciardi
Archduke Rudolph, George’s rescuer
Karl van Beethoven
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- Gerhard von Breuning
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- Stephan von Breuning
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- Karl Holz
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- Anton Schindler
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- Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven
HONORABLE MENTIONS
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- Johann van Beethoven (father)
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- Maria Magdalena (mother)
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- Ludovico van Beethoven (grandfather)
