This essay is about one of the greatest composers all time, Ludwig van Beethoven. Even though Beethoven became deaf, he composed many of the most famous musical works. Some things that I wanted to learn about Beethoven through my research were why he became deaf, when did he compose his last symphony and how he grew up.
The composer’s name is Ludwig van Beethoven although he is commonly known as ‘Beethoven’. He was born on the 16th of December 1770 in Germany, in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne, a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Beethoven was baptized on 17th of December. He was a German composer and pianist. He had two younger brothers, Caspar, born in 1774, and Johann, born in 1776. Beethoven’s mother was Maria Magdalena van
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His father pushed him to learn instruments at a very young age. It was known that he was wept while playing the clavier, standing on top of the footstool to reach the keys, his father would beat him for each hesitation or mistake. Beethoven was flogged, locked and disadvantaged of sleep for extra hours of practice almost every day. He studied violin and clavier with his father and as well as having extra lessons from organists around their neighbourhood. Beethoven struggled with sums and spelling his entire life. He used to say “Music comes to me more readily than words” (biography.com). In 1781, when he was 10 years old he withdrew from school to study music full time. He studied with Christian Gottlob Neefe, the newly appointed Court Organist. Beethoven published his first composition, a set of piano variations on a theme named Dressler at the age of twelve. In 1784, Beethoven formally requested an official appointment as Assistant Court Organist because his father was no longer there to support his family due to his alcoholism being worse and the decay of his voice. Beethoven was accepted and was put on the court payroll with a modest annual salary of 150
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...
I attended Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on October 14, at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Southwestern Seminary Oratorio Chorus, directed by C. David Keith, performed it. Ludwig Van Beethoven composed the work. He composed it between 1811-1824. Beethoven composed the work in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”). His Ninth Symphony was his last symphony to compose. It was preceded by eight other symphonies. I was attracted to this work because it was the first symphony to include a choral. I found it astonishing that Beethoven was completely deaf when he finished this work.
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.
...cal and romantic eras. He is one of the most well-known composers of all time. By the last decade of his life, Beethoven was almost completely deaf. He gave up conducing and peforming for audiences, and instead took to composing.
Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the greatest classical music composers of all time. He was born around December 16, 1770 to a middle class family in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of cologne. His exact date of birth is unknown but he was baptized on December 17, 1770 and during this time it was law and custom for babies to be baptized within 24 hours of birth. His father Johann Van Beethoven was a court singer and his mother was Maria Magdalena Van Beethoven. Ludwig had four other siblings. The first Ludwig had passed away 6 days after he was born. Anton Karl was born on April 1774, Nikkolaus Johann October 1776 and Maria Margareta Josepha in 1786.
In this essay, I’m going to discuss two composers- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. I will first tell you about the life of these men. Then, I’ll compare and contrast their music, the time period of which they lived in, the purpose of their music and more.
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. His works are traditionally divided into three periods. In his early period, he focused on imitating classical style, although his personal characteristics of darker pieces, motivic development, and larger forms are already evident or foreshadowed. In his middle period, he is beginning to go deaf, and has realized that he cannot reverse the trend. His works express struggle and triumph. He stretches forms, with development sections becoming the bulk of his works. He is breaking from tradition and laying the groundwork for the romantic style period. In his late period, he breaks almost completely with classical forms, but ironically starts to study and use baroque forms and counterpoint. He is almost completely deaf, and his works become much more introspective with massive amounts of contrast between sections, ideas, and movements. He dies in Vienna in 1827.
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.
Before Beethoven began going deaf he was already a wonderful composer. He had everything going for him, his whole life looked to be storybook perfect. When Beethoven learned of himself going deaf is when his whole life became clear. I feel that everyone in their life will experience a time where everything seems like it wont work out. Where life is punching them in the face, here I believe is when people grow the most. Where we as humans take everything we have for granted. Once Beethoven took life by the neck and took control, he released the Third Symphony, where he exploded with creativity, free will, and emotion. Everyone felt the growth within Beethoven. This is why I chose to write about Beethoven and his Third Symphony. I chose it because everyone has a Third Symphony that changes the course of their
Beethoven was born in Bonn Germany. At 14, he held the occupation of a court organist. Sadly, his father was a drunken singer, and barely supported his family. Consequently, the money Beethoven earned assisted his family. In 1778, he traveled to Vienna and met Wolfgang A. Mozart who instantly acknowledged his brilliance. However, on account of his mother’s illness, he returned to his home town, and had to support his brothers after her death. He gave music lessons in Bonn, in addition to playing the viola in the theater orchestra. Settling in Vienna in 1792, he studied with masters such as Joseph Haydn. He appeared as a pianist and gaine...
Classical music was established by many great composers, but only one has been known as the “greatest composer”of the Classical time; Ludwig van Beethoven is a legendary figure who for many is considered