Understanding Beethoven: Life, Creativity and Legacy

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Asgar Asgarov
Music Appreciation
Research Paper 1

Music of Beethoven As all of us know very well, there are many different famous musicians and composers in the world of music. It can be also noted that all of these musicians and composers have always played an important role in the world of music. Therefore, actually it should be detected that if we want to learn something about the musical world, of course, we should also pay attention to the famous musicians and composers, in the other word, it means that no one can learn normally anything regarding the musical world without well-known musicians and composers. In the world of music one of the famous musicians and composers is Ludwig van Beethoven who was really a famous German composer. Now, first of all, here it should be mentioned mainly about Ludwig van Beethoven’s life, his creativity, his legacy, then about Beethoven’s musical style, list of works by Ludwig van Beethoven and list of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, …show more content…

But, to tell the truth, I want to give only main important information related to the prominent composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven was really a famous and influential German composer and was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. Actually, first of all, he was able to learn and display his musical talents from his father whose name was Johann van Beethoven and from his most significant teacher and composer whose name was Christian Gottlob Neefe at the young ages. After that, when Ludwig van Beethoven was at the young ages, he moved and began to study the music and composition with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn, then was able to establish his essential and indispensable career in Vienna, Austria and finally was able to acquire and achieve a reputation as magnanimous pianist and famous teacher. Then, he began to live in Vienna, Austria until the end of his

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