Ludwig van Beethoven, was one of the most influential composers of classical music and one of the most famous musicians to live. His work has been played for at least a century, still hard to comprehend to this day. Mozart said it himself, “Keep your eyes on him; some day he will give the world something to talk about.” (Morris 2005) This quote may or may not be accurate. Ludwig van Beethoven, Born in December 15th or 16th of 1770. It was known the he was baptized on the 17th; the custom of the time in Catholic Germany was to baptize a child within twenty-four hours after birth. Therefore was born on the 16th. In 1827, at the age of 57, Beethoven passed away. He was the second son of seven children. The first son named Ludwig Maria, was born in 1769, died within a week of birth. Maria, Beethoven’s mother gave birth to two more sons. Casper Anton Carl born 1774, and Nikolaus Johann born in 1776 both …show more content…
grow into adulthood. For her last three kids all died young; Anna Maria Franziska, died a four days later after her birth in February 1779; Franz Geog born January 1781, passed in August of 1783; and lastly Maria Margaretha born May 1786, died November 26,1787. (Lockwood 2003). Beethoven’s major pieces was written between the years of 1800-1824, consented of; one opera, nine symphonies, and had plans for a tenth symphony. He was the first to earn a living by just writing music. Ludwig Beethoven’s father Johann van Beethoven, was a son and heir of Kapellmeister Ludwig van Beethoven and a salaried singer on the staff of the Elector of Cologne.
Johann was an alcoholic, and a cruel father to young Ludwig. Perhaps due to that Johann could see the potential in Beethoven; at just a young age he was showing signs of greatness. Johann could not be like his father, Kapellmeister Ludwig van Beethoven; which served on the Elector for forty-two years, a conductor of operas and masses, a shrewd businessman. (Morris 2005). Being so young Ludwig would have to stand on a footstool to reach the keys. If Beethoven would hesitate, Johann would beat him. (Morris 2005). Young Beethoven would be deprived of sleep, his father Johann would wake him for midnight lessons that would go on for hours. This was possibly due to how his father/first teacher may have made Beethoven into one of the greatest keyboard improvisers and one of the greatest talented musicians to live. Johann was persistent on young Beethoven to learn the foundation of a formidable
technique. On March 26, 1778 at 5pm, Ludwig van Beethoven was presented at a recital on a concert stage in Cologne. Beethoven was billed as his ‘little son of six years.’ His show got little press and little attention. Beethoven’s program comprised of the clavier, probably solo pieces in the style of Bach’s Italian Concerto (Morris 2005). Shortly after this, Johann and Maria enrolled Ludwig in the Tirocinium, a Latin grade school. His pupils wouldn’t have guessed by the way he looked that within him was a musical genius. In school, Beethoven wasn’t the best at mastering the basics of writing and arithmetic but did pick up elementary Latin and became fluent in French later. Beethoven said, “Music comes to me more readily than words.” Perhaps he was speaking through his music. Passionate about his work, Beethoven studied from many. His first teacher after his father was Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1789). In 1783 Neefe wrote of Beethoven in the "Magazine of music", "If he continues like this he will, without doubt, become the next Mozart.” Following him was Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) taught Beethoven from 1792 to 1794. Then there was Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) tough him from 1794 to 1795. Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) from 1800 to 1802. But Beethoven would never get lessons from Mozart, who he idolized. The passing of Mozart was felt through out Viennese and by Beethoven who wanted be like Mozart. Beethoven work so hard to be as appreciated as Mozart was. Beethoven was planning on being Mozart’s pupil but he passed before Beethoven could get to Viennese. In 1792 according to (Lockwood 2003) Count Waldstein wrote in a farewell album to Beethoven when he was leaving for Viennese, “With the help of unceasing diligence you will receive the sprite of Mozart from the hands of Hayden.” In said album, Waldstein saw Beethoven journey was a friend/artist leaving as well as an event in music history. Beethoven had a massive sketchbook that he decided to put to uses some time in the 1790’s, about 124 pages of usefully music he could work with to compose whole pieces of music. In Lockwood states that a man named Johann Nepomuk Kafka in Viennese a collector of music sold them to British museum in 1875. This sketchbook was of Beethoven’s early work; it’s as if this book was his workshop where he forged his musical uniqueness, his desires as a composer, pianist, and improviser. Beethoven began work on the first movement in his first symphony in 1795 but didn’t pick up until 1799 and was completed and performed at his concert in April 1800. Even though the symphony was beyond the time it still failed to amaze the public. Beethoven played it safe rather than provoke his audience he avoided the quirks and eccentricities. As his first symphony was being published he was working on his second symphony in 1800. Beethoven had this theme of starting his symphonies as the others was being published, so therefore was working on his third symphony as his second was being published. Beethoven’s fifth and sixth symphony was written at the same time in1808, although his fifth was more famous and premiered at the same concert. On my expert opinion they are very different; symphony NO. 5 showed fear, pain, and horror. In the fifth symphony it’s as if the interments are commutating with each other telling a story. His fifth symphony appeared in movies such as, “The Breakfast Club”, Austin Powers in “Goldmember”, as well as in the cartoon “The Pink Panther”, and in “Disney's fantasia 2000”. In his sixth symphony reflected nature; how nature feels and means. The ‘Pastoral’ symphony sixth was composed during the classical period transitioning toward the romantic era. Most of the sixth is programmatic, Beethoven said that the first movement is “more the expression of feeling than painting” . Shortly after the fifth and sixth symphony Beethoven wrote Für Elise (which is German for For Elise). The first section is often taught to students starting out. The number of people who can master the entire piece is significantly smaller because of the intricate control of touch and emotion it requires to come out right.
Beethoven’s early life was one out of a sad story book. For being one of the most well-known musicians one would think that sometime during Beethovens childhood he was influenced and inspired to play music; This was not the case. His father was indeed a musician but he was more interested in drinking than he was playing music. When his father saw the smallest sliver of music interest in Beethoven he immediately put him into vigorous musical training in hopes he would be the next Mozart; his training included organ, viola, and piano. This tainted how young Beethoven saw music and the memories that music brought. Nevertheless Beethoven continued to do what he knew and by thirteen he was composing his own music and assisting his teacher, Christian Neefe. Connections began to form during this time with different aristocrats and families who stuck with him and became lifelong friends. At 17 Beethoven, with the help of his friends, traveled to Vienna, the music capitol of the world, to further his knowledge and connection...
Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770 to Johann van Beethoven and his wife, Maria Magdalena. He took his first music lessons from his father, who was tenor in the choir of the archbishop-elector of Cologne. His father was an unstable, yet ambitious man whose excessive drinking, rough temper and anxiety surprisingly did not diminish Beethoven's love for music. He studied and performed with great success, despite becoming the breadwinner of his household by the time he was 18 years old. His father's increasingly serious alcohol problem and the earlier death of his grandfather in 1773 sent his family into deepening poverty. At first, Beethoven made little impact on the musical society, despite his father's hopes. When he turned 11, he left school and became an assistant organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at the court of Bonn, learning from him and other musicians. In 1783 he became the continuo player for the Bonn opera and accompanied their rehearsals on keyboard. In 1787, he was sent to Vienna to take further lessons from Mozart. Two months later, however, he was called back to Bonn by the death of his mother. He started to play the viola in the Opera Orchestra in 1789, while also teaching in composing. He met Haydn in 1790, who agreed to teach him in Vienna, and Beethoven then moved to Vienna permanently. He received financial support from Prince Karl Lichnowsky, to whom he dedicated his Piano Sonata in C minor, better known as The Pathétique .
Ludwig Van Beethoven and W.A. Mozart are the two most important musicians of their time. Their pieces are everlasting and will live on forever. Their styles are so unique and uplifting that they could never be matched. These masterminds played in the same time period but their lives differed tremendously. There are some similarities and many differences between these two but one fact will remain: They are the central and most vital part of all music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are two of the greatest composers ever to write music. Both men lived in the early 18th and 19th century, but their music and influences are still felt today. The men faced similar experiences, yet they both lead very different lives. All together the pieces that these men composed amounts to over 300 published, and unpublished works of art. The people of their time period often had mixed feelings about these men, some “complained that Mozart’s music presented them with too many ideas and that his melodies moved from one to the next faster than audiences could follow, yet the ideas themselves seem effortless and natural, clear and unforced.” (Bonds 210-211) Beethoven’s criticisms ranged from ‘genius’ to grim dislike. Mozart and Beethoven were influenced by things going on around them such as: love, nature, and the Enlightenment.
Ludwig was already linked to music by previous generations; his father Johann was the son to Louis Van Beethoven. Louis was a Dutch musician who was appointed Kapelmeister at the court of Elector of cologne. When Johann was 16 he was appointed Hofmusikant thanks to the help of his father. Johann fell in love with Maria; Louis at first did not approve of the marriage because of the class difference but eventually gave consent. Louis passed away on December 24, 1773 when Ludwig was only 3 years old. After his passing Johann tried to take over his father’s position at the court but the Electors would not allow it. His rejection slowly led him to alcoholism.
Beethoven, from life to death, was a great musician. As a composer or as a pianist, he is known as great. Many of his pieces are still known to people today. He wrote music from when he was a young boy to shortly before he died, despite going deaf. He is also widely known as the greatest composer of all time. Even in his last years of deafness and death, he wrote some of his most famous pieces of music. He was the first musician that had a salary to compose when and how he felt. (Ludwig van Beethoven Biography, http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyLudwig.html) (Ludwig Van Beethoven, Germany Composer, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven)
Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770 in Bann, Germany. From a young age Beethoven was involved with music because he came from three generations of musicians. He received instruction from his father on the piano and violin. One of his earliest concerts was in front of his father’s peers against his will. Beethoven had a fiery temper and was somewhat introverted in his school years. Beethoven went to school until the age of ten. At this time his family’s finances prevented his family from affording the education that he needed. In July of 1787, Beethoven’s life was further thrown into disarray with the death of his mother. Despite Beethoven’s misfortune he would still achieve monumental amounts of success while in Vienna. His success can be attributed to the fact that he crafted relatio...
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer, generally considered one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition. Born in Bonn, Beethoven was reared in to the capricious discipline of his father, a singer in the court chapel. In1789, because of his father's alcoholism, the young Beethoven became a court musician in order to support his family. His early compositions under the tutelage of German composer Christian Gottlob Neefe, particularly the funeral on the death of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph || in1790, signaled an important talent, and it was planned that Beethoven study in Vienna, Australia, with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Although Mozart's death in 1791 prevented this, Beethoven went to Vienna in 1792, and he became a pupil of an Australian composer named Joseph Haydn.
His father was a tenor court singer, while his grandfather was a prosperous musician in his community. Beethoven’s father was an alcoholic, and there are accounts of people saying that his father taught Beethoven music with extreme brutality. His father would beat him for every mistake he would make. This trauma affected his life in many ways. In Maynard Solomon’s book, Beethoven, he claims that Beethoven, gave up on establishing loving relationship with anyone; he withdrew himself from his society of friends and parents, as well. His happiest moments were those when he was free and away from the company of his friends and parents (Solomon). Beethoven’s father put together Beethoven’s first public recital in 1778. Even though he played brilliantly, Beethoven received no press or praises for his first recital. Additionally, Beethoven struggled with math and spelling for his entire life and said that music comes easier of him than words. Near the age of ten, he discontinued his secular education and went to study music full time. Beethoven was forced to financially support his family after his father’s alcoholism grew worse. He was sent to Vienna to study with Mozart to further his musical education. He later also trained with Haydn. This is where Beethoven’s musical journey
Beethoven born as Ludwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was a musical composer of the classical and romantic periods. “He was born into a family of musicians.” (Ludwig). His father, Johann van Beethoven, was an ordinary court singer better known as an alcoholic than anyone with any musical ability (Ludwig). Beethoven 's grandfather was Bonn 's most prosperous and eminent musician. Beethoven childhood was very rough. Beethoven 's father first taught him music using punishment which affected Beethoven forever. He was usually forced, locked in a cellar to for long hours to practice (Ludwig). He studied the violin and clavier as well as taking additional lessons from organists around town. (Ludwig). Despite of the way his father
From a young age his father taught him to piano and violin. His father wanted him to be a child prodigy like Mozart and was said to be very strict on Beethoven. His father pushed Beethoven and it is said that neighbors would hear a small boy crying from their home. With the constant, over bearing pressure to become the best musician, young Ludwig showed great potential with his skill and creativity. He did not become known as a child prodigy has his father had hoped . For being so young Beethoven was still extremely talented and at only 7 years old he performed his first concert in
The lives of composers have interested people for as long as music has been introduced to the human civilization. Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most influential composers of his time. Vivaldi’s early life, musical career, later life and death all lead to him being recognized as one of Europe’s most renowned figures in classical music during the 17th and 18th century.
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In the book Beethoven His life & Music by Jeremy Siepmann, he talks about Beethoven’s childhood and how his father saw something extraordinary in Beethoven. Siepmann says he was “ruthlessly set about trying to produce a second Mozart” (5). Not only was his father trying to make him perfect he also made it to where when visitors would come over they would see Beethoven crying at the piano. Not only that he was also locked in the cellar and/or not given food (Siepmann 5). At the age of eight his father organized a concert in Cologne for him and Johanna Averdonk which ended up being a failure and Beethoven was blamed for this. After this happened in the progress of five years he also learned piano, harpsichord, violin, viola, organ and horn (Siepmann 5). Beethoven’s life as a child is not known to many people which is why it’s included in many of his biographies because it shows the frustrations that Beethoven had to
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer and a pianist, He remains one of the most famous and influential of all time. Beethoven had 9 best-known symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets; Beethoven also composed other music, choral works, and songs too. Beethoven was born in Bonn. Beethoven had musical talents at an early age and his first music teacher was his father. Beethoven lived in Vienna until he died. Around the by the last years of his life he was almost totally deaf, so he gave up conducting and performing but still composed music. Beethoven was also marriage in Bonn. Although there is no authentic record of the date of his birth, the registry of his baptism, in a Roman Catholic Parish of St. Regius was on December 17, 1770. Beethoven’s parents had seven kids, but Beethoven was only the second-born. Beethoven began his studies with Christian Gottlob Neefe in 1779. Neefe taught Beethoven composition, and by March 1783 helped him write his first published composition.