Beethoven
“Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to your own mistake.” This quote stuck with Beethoven his entire life. He lived a very harsh life growing up. In his early life, he studied and learned all about music because his father forced him to. When Beethoven practiced, his father would watch him play, and every time Beethoven would mess up his father beat him. His father also locked him in the basement at night when he would not practice. With all the pressure from his dad, Beethoven’s first public playing was when he only 6. When his audiences did not give him much attention, his father became angry. Accustomed to abuse from his father, Beethoven decided to quit school to study music full time. Since he was only ten years old, this was a huge step in his life. He pronounced that music came better to him than words. At the age of twelve, Beethoven published his first composition. As he grew, he learned to play the violin and the piano. When his father could no longer support
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From a very young age, Beethoven had endless amounts of skill. Taught by his father, he also gained help from his childhood hero, Mozart, who was an amazing pianist with many years of skill. One day, Beethoven played for Mozart, who was astounded by Beethoven’s abilities. When Beethoven started to lose his hearing, he stopped playing piano and started to compose. His technique was very different from most composers. Beethoven had a way of playing his notes like no other artist. He placed notes in places that were strange, but at the same time changed the music area. Once he made a song so out of place that the men playing the music complained that it was impossible. Beethoven responded “I don’t give a damn about what you think just do it.” Shocking the world with his new type of music, it was all because of his
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 acquired his first post in music when he was just eleven years old. At this age he work as the assistant to the organist in a local court. Later on at the age of thirteen he played keyboard during opera rehearsals. His first real performance came when he was eighteen; Beethoven played the viola in a local theatre orchestra. He played with this orchestra until the age of twenty-two.
Born in 1770 Beethoven grew up with a great interest in music and his father gave him piano lessons at an early age. Even so, he was never close to his father, probably because of the abuse he endured. When his father became unable to care for his family due to an alcohol addiction, Beethoven felt it was his responsibility to take care of his three remaining siblings and his mother. So, at age 12 he began publishing music to help support his family. Unfortunately, his lack of money was always an issue throughout his life. At age 22...
Franz began to compose at the age of eight. When only nine he made his first public appearance as a concert pianist. His playing so impressed the local Hungarian magnates that they put up the money to pay for his musical education for the next six years. Liszt’s father obtained leave of absence from his post and took Franz to Vienna. He gave several concerts in Vienna, with great success.
One of the highly considered greatest composers of all time was Ludwig Van Beethoven. Mr. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, on December 17,1770. Johann Beethoven’s father had high expectations that he would become a child sensation just like Mozart had. Johann was unable to live in his father’s musician’s shoes. In spite he wanted the talent that he lacked to be present in Ludwig his son. Ludwig Van Beethoven did not appear to be as talented as the child sensation Mozart. Beethoven’s father was persistent and strict when Ludwig would try to improvise the original compositions on the piano. Insisting that Beethoven just learn the notes as they where written. It was reported by neighbors that as a child Beethoven would cry in front
Beethoven, I believe, was ahead of his time. To me, he is the greatest composer of all time. His music is not just sounds of music played together in harmony, but a way of life. The music he created for the world is not just to listen to it, but grabs onto the emotion he was setting up. Beethoven's unordinary style cannot ever be copied by any composer or music artist.
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.
Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany and he died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna Austria. Beethoven’s music is mostly associated with the classical era because that is when he crafted most of his greatest works. Beethoven’s father and grandfather were both musicians that played at Court of Elector of Cologne. Beethoven’s main instrument that he played was the piano. He was taught by his father how to play the piano. His father was very strict on him, and sometimes he made Beethoven, “stand at the keyboard, was often in tears.” He had other teachers that taught him how to play the violin, and how to play the piano. In 1779, Beethoven began to learn how to write compositions under the teachings of Christian Gottlob Neefe. In March 1783, Beethoven had written and published his first composition, with the help of Neefe. Beethoven also studied under Joseph Hayden in Vienna, after Hayden came back from London. When Beethoven had written his first and second symphonies, “Beethoven became regarded as one of the most important of a generation of young composers following Hayden and Mozart. He taught students how to play music, one student in particular; he fell in love with, Josephine Brunsvik. He had one student that became a composer, and one that became a renowned music teacher. By the 1800’s, Beethoven’s started to lose much of his hearing. “He suffered from a severe form of tinnitus, a "ringing" in his ears that made it hard for him to hear music; he also tried to avoid conversations.” His loss of hearing was very detrimental to his musical career because musicians needed to hear the music they had written to know if was outstanding to them. It also affected his social life, causing him to attend less soc...
He received a thorough basic education; his father being a good teacher, and son being a bright student. From his father Franz also learned to play the violin, and from his brother he learned the piano. The family, indeed, was a very musical one; the "String Quartet Parties" family were well known in the part of Vienna in which they lived. But soon, young Franz learned all that his family had to teach him. Later, any neighbors who could play any instruments were drawn in and the quartet became a little orchestra.
taught to play the violin and harpsichord by his father, and was later initiated into the art of playing
In 1800, Beethoven had wrote his first ever symphony. He was just 30 years old and already showing symptoms of hearing lost. This just shows how dedicated and genius Beethoven was. Nobody at the time was doing anything remotely close to what he was writing. Not to mention, he was going deaf. It really shows how involved and dedicated he was to music and how he passion for natural and what he heard in the world, transferred into his pieces.
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But by age five he actually started composing! His family set up a tour for western Europe and played in courts, the public and for churches. They did this for the remaining of the winter. After the cold months passed, the traveled to London and here they spent over a year. His sister and him usually were the main ones drawing in the crowds.
Ludwig van Beethoven was an extraordinary music composer, especially considering he was deaf most of his life and career. He was born in Germany on December 16, 1770. Many obstacles were hurled at him, but he triumphed over them, and even deafness didn’t stop him from composing some of the worlds greatest, and most recognized music compositions (Rosenwald 167). His life, music, and his musical styles and techniques all contribute to his life story.
Ludwig van Beethoven Without music this world would not feel complete but along with great music comes great artists the world of music has thrived with many great composers, such as Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven created amazing sonatas, symphonies, and symphony operas he also shaped romantic consciousness. He became a great role model in the world of music for many composers and musicians even after he became deaf. The life of Beethoven as a music artist started as a child, and continued throughout his whole life until his death.