He wrote the Consecration of the House Overture for the reopening of the Theater in der Josefstadt. He wrote the paired overtures King Steven and The Ruins of Athens, and the third symphony by this composer innovatively contains a funeral march as its second movement. His last symphony features a fourth movement based on a Friedrich Schiller work. 
He wrote the Consecration of the House Overture for the reopening of the Theater in der Josefstadt. He wrote the paired overtures King Steven and The Ruins of Athens, and the third symphony by this composer innovatively contains a funeral march as its second movement. His last symphony features a fourth movement based on a Friedrich Schiller work. For 10 points, name this composer of nine symphonies, the third of which is nicknamed "Eroica," and the last of which contains the "Ode to Joy."
He wrote the Consecration of the House Overture for the reopening of the Theater in der Josefstadt.
Ludvig van Beethoven