I read Maynards biography on Beethoven awhile ago, and there was one composer I meant to check out who he said influenced Beethoven- particularly his 5th symphony. The first name (I think) was Gustav, and the initial of his last name was M.

I believe the book said it was Schumann who pointed out similarities between Beethoven's 5th and a work by Gustav M.

So if you know who it is, that would be great!

That would be Mahler. Gustav Mahler.

It's a composer who influenced Beethoven, not the other way around. Also Schumann wouldn't have been able to speak about Mahler.

No, it wasn't Mahler. It was Etienne Nicolas Mehul. I have the book, and the reference is on page 180. Mahler was born 30 years after Beethoven died, making it very difficult for him to influence Beethoven at all.

Schumann said that there were similarities between Mehul's symphony in g minor and Beethoven's 5th.

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Thank you! Must have thought Gustav because of Mahler.

Yeah, I don't really know much about composers' biographies (still working on it though!). I just saw "Gustav M." and immediately thought "Mahler".