WI: No Beethoven

Music takes a very different turn and if it does shape into something similar today, it'll take a much longer time to do so. His Ninth Symphony in particular was a big aspect in bringing choral work into symphonies in general. What would be do besides music though?
 
Slight delay on the start of the Romantic period of music by around 5-10 years perhaps? A lot of his work (the Moonlight Sonata for example) definately develops some of the ideas and techniques that define Romanticism in music.
 
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