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Beethoven posted by Alexander James Krzyston Ludwig van Beethoven is regarded as one of history’s supreme composers. Alexander Krzyston .Beethoven . Alexander J Krzyston .Beethoven . Alexander James Krzyston
Although he lost his hearing early on in life, Beethoven was still able to create notable works after. His most notable works are his third, fifth, sixth, and ninth symphonies. Beethoven had to overcome numerous emotional struggles in his life and his work reflects that making them emotionally moving to listeners. He put his heart into is work which made them powerful and strong. Beethoven’s works have inspired many other great musical artists over the years. Ludwig van Beethoven, born on December 17, 1770 at 515 Bongasse in Bonn, Germany is on of the greatest classical composers of his time. He was baptized on December 17, 1770; it was common in his time to be baptized the day after a child is born. His father was Johann van Beethoven (1740-1792) and his mother was Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven (1744-1787). Beethoven’s father was his first teacher; he wanted to exploit his son’s talents. Johann wanted Beethoven to become a child prodigy like Mozart. Beethoven’s father pushed and beat his son but for this reason Beethoven had a strong and difficult personality. Beethoven did not become the second Mozart. However others did soon notice his talents when he went to Vienna, Austria for the first time in 1787, there he played for Mozart who was impressed by him. His mother soon fell ill that year and so Beethoven returned home and his mother died when he was seventeen. It then became Beethoven’s responsibility to take care of his two younger brothers. In 1792 Beethoven was able to move back to Vienna where he gained a reputation as a piano virtuoso. Beethoven’s piano virtuoso showed unpredictable power, with an explosive kind of playing making new and different from Mozart’s playing which was a fluency elegant style. Beethoven’s career as a composer is most commonly thought of in three different periods, early, middle, and late. The first symphony begins the early period and the century in 1800 on a seventh cord. In the early period Beethoven’s music reflects that of his professors, but at the same time explores new directions and slowly expands the scope and ambition of his work. Other pieces of Beethoven’s working the early period are the second symphony, the first six string quartet, the first two piano concertos, and the first twenty piano sonatas. In the middle period Beethoven faces his own personal crisis. At the beginning of this period Beethoven starts to experience earls signs of deafness. All though Beethoven lost his hearing at age twenty-eight, he continued to write music and in fact produce some of the most famous works of classic music. In this period Beethoven wrote six symphonies (3,4,5,6,7,8), the last three piano concertos, triple concertos, his only violin concerto, five string quartets, and seven piano sonatas. The third symphony was the longest symphony that Beethoven had ever written until the ninth symphony. In the fifth symphony Beethoven addressed his own destiny and place in the world, fate was his motive. Finally Beethoven’s late period, which began in1816and ended when Beethoven died in 1827. His late works are known for their profundity, intense and highly personal expression, and different styles. It includes the last five piano sonnets and the last five string quartets. His music created in the late period was still within the bounds of classical music. Beethoven’s last pieces were of personal nature than past works. Beethoven was of great inspiration to the next generation of composers of the romantic era. As a pianist, he had fire, brilliance and fantasy, and depth, as a person and in his music. He was an independent character and his music was for the most part in the heritage of the classical tradition. Beethoven’s isolation brought him total deafness, a state of resignation and understanding, humor and contemplation. He died March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Beethoven was an extraordinary classic composer who influenced many and whose music style brought forth the romantic era. Timeline 1770- Born in Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770 and baptized December 17. 1787- Went to Vienna for the first time but soon came home because of his mother’s death and the fact that he must now take care of his two younger brothers. 1792- Moved back permanently to Vienna determined to make good. 1795- First public debut, his public fame came as a piano virtuoso full of power. 1800- Beginning of the early period, the first part of his career as a composer. Include: first and second symphonies, first six string quartets, first two piano concertos, and first twenty piano sonatas 1816- Beginning of the late period, the last part of his career it lasted from 1816-1827. Includes: last five quartets and piano sonatas 1827- Died in Vienna, Austria on March 26 1827. Works Cited 1. http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven.html 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/beethoven 3. http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/beethoven.html 4. Muirden, James. The Kingfisher Visual Fact Finder. New York, NY: Larousse Kingfisher Cambers Inc., 1996 5. Johnson, Aimee. The Kingfisher Children’s Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Larousse Kingfisher Cambers Inc., 1998