Ludwig Van Beethoven: Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770 and passed away on March 26, 1827. Beethoven is one of the most influential and poplar composers of the classical period. He is remembered for being one of the best composers and pianists of his time. He made his first performance when he was seven years old. When he was twenty-one he moved to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn. In the late…
Beethoven had arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study composition with Haydn. Mozart and Hayden were the two most influential people on Beethoven’s musical style. In comparison Haydn and Mozart, Beethoven had a later start to writing symphony music at the age of…
Although his music thrived during the Classical Age: he made great mistakes during his career that would leave several people in disbelief. His music was composed and performed so gracefully that it is almost impossible to mention the words “mistake” and “Beethoven” in the same sentence. As a result of acquiring fame at a young age Beethoven became so egotistic that he began to believe himself to be incapable of making mistakes, along with the rest of the world. Before he became exceptionally great he had mentors who were older that him who tried to teach him ways to become even more successful, but Beethoven ignored them. His arrogance and assumed superiority left Beethoven making the very mistake he thought he was incapable of. After ignoring the advice of his elders Beethoven continued to composed a series of unrevised string quartets that he played and was talked about for being “scandalous and incomprehensible” (Bergamini 48). This was a setback for him because it lowered his self-esteem and it took him a while to compose string quartets again. His downfall demonstrated that being a genius in certain areas does not make you a genius in all areas. He later revised the pieces and they became successful works of art. But, Beethoven had to learn from his mistakes to realize that he was capable of making…
The greatest composer who ever lived was Ludwig van Beethoven. He knew music spoke to the heart, creating emotions, no other language could. Beethoven conveyed his feeling through the power of his music and wasn’t scared to enter unfamiliar territory when it came to his work. People weren’t used to the type of music he brilliantly composed during his time and succeeded against all odds when he lost his hearing. One of my favorite time periods was from 1803 through 1814 which was referred to as “the middle period”. This was a time period Beethoven experimented with his music leading him to change his composition style by incorporating more Romantic ideas leading him to compose songs like Symphony Number Three Eroica and One of my favorites Fifth Symphony.…
These two composers had an element of their personal emotions in their music that served as creative inspiration. Haydn was said to have been a very pleasant and humorous, yet emotionally expressive person which was reflective in his upbeat and humorous compositions. Beethoven was said to have been very arrogant and had shown his mentor Haydn very little respect. Beethoven gradually became deaf and deeply depressed. In 1819, Beethoven’s deafness was total, yet he continued composing brilliant pieces of music. His scores have large amounts of corrections and changes; unfortunately his deafness forced him to rely on his memory of sound. As stated by Greenberg (2011): “We hear Haydn’s personality in his music: his joie de vivre, his emotional balance, and especially his marvelous sense of humor” (p 133). Ludwig Van Beethoven “an unhappy man of genius whose investment in the status quo-in the classical style-was minimal at best. Beethoven’s volcanic personal issues required an outlet, and that outlet was his music”…
This paper provides insight to Beethoven’s own thoughts and an overview of information from many sources that overlap. In conclusion this paper nevertheless will show how Beethoven has been remembered…
deaf there was more complexity behind his sonatas and more joy within his quartets. Beethoven…
At the onset of 33 Variations, it is evident that there are many parallels between the lives of both Beethoven and Katherine. The reasoning behind these parallels, however, is not revealed until Katherine delivers her final lecture. As Katherine begins her lecture, she starts by explaining the purpose of a hypothesis before then providing the audience with her own. “My hypothesis was that Beethoven wanted to use Diabelli’s waltz to show Vienna what a great masterwork he could create out of a grain of sand,” (Kaufman 101) in many ways this same hypothesis can be applied to Katherine. As a matter of fact, when the play first begins Clara, Katherine’s daughter, believes that her mother is merely attempting to prove her abilities despite her condition. Despite the fact that Katherine’s hypothesis is thought provoking and well-founded, she continues her lecture by admitting that her hypothesis is incorrect. Not only is Katherine’s hypothesis…
Born on December 16, 1770 and died on March 26, 1827 at age 57. Ludwig Van Beethoven was a composer during the classical era of music, but his compositions led to the end of that period and to the start of the romantic era. He helped greatly to develop tonal music. One of the amazing things about Beethoven was that he was deaf. At his last symphony, “Ninth Symphony”, he had to turn around and look at the audience to see if they were clapping. He was greatly influenced by the composers Haydn and Bach. He greatly influenced his music with the power of romanticism.…
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, also spelled Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was born in Votkinsk, in the city of Vyatka, Russia, May 7, 1840. Second in a family of five sons and one daughter, to whom he was extremely devoted. Once in his early teens when he was in school at St. Petersburg and his mother started to drive to another city, he had to be held back while she got into the carriage, and the moment he was free ran and tried to hold the wheels.…
Even in the Nineteenth century Mozart was one of the leading Classical composers and was a master at all genres of classical music, his music was often cheerful and disorderly, but yet he could write outstanding melodies that were simple and unpretentious, which contained an unforgettable, haunting beauty. His music was greatly influenced by Franz Joseph Hayden' who was one of the main influences which transformed the classical genre from little more than a divertimento of strings to music with an almost chamber music style but which gave all parts of the orchestra an equal role. His ideas not only influenced Mozart they also went on to influence Ludwig Van Beethoven' who's music is not only astonishing and remarkable but is still very popular. But for what ever influential reason these composers wrote, all their musical compositions often had significant similarities, as with all classical music they were written for an orchestra, mainly full and often symphony. Many composers of the classical genre wrote music with flexible rhythm, and the symphonies they wrote were full of complicated and complex key changes, modulations and…
My favorite composer and musician is Trent Reznor. Mr. Reznor has been the solitary mind behind the “band” Nine Inch Nails as well as a creating force within many other musical ensembles. He has been referred to as “the most vital artist in music”. When considering historical figures in music, I tend to recognize similarities more within the life and works of Robert Schumann than any other. First and foremost, Schumann was a musical master of the Romantic Era. If Reznor could be placed in any historical era based upon his music, there would be no question that he too would have been a “Romanticist”.…
Music is might not be the universal language but it plays an important role in human culture as well as the society. Music is not only provide entertainment but it is also a tool for a composer and listeners to release emotion. The best well-known for his inspiring power and expressiveness music is Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a musical genius whose composed some of the most influential pieces of music ever written. During the Classical period, Beethoven’s compositions were the expression as one of the most powerful musical personalities. Although Beethoven was influenced by most of the famous composers such as Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, etc. but he was also innovated new techniques that will be seen in the next music period. Beethoven built a musical bridge from the Classical style and the new beginning of Romanticism.…
During the life of Beethoven, he had the struggle of deafness. The time where he made the most of the important works was the last ten years of his life, when he was really unable to hear at all. Beethoven was considered the greatest music composer of all time, for his great skills in composing and his pianist…
Ludwig van Beethoven is an extraordinary composer. One thing that is very interesting is that at a very young age he composed his first original symphony. He was a child prodigy and I think that may be a reason I enjoy his music so much. Another extraordinary think about Beethoven is that his hearing was deteriorating but yet he still wrote such beautiful music. The Fifth Symphony is my uncle’s favorite composition. It “brings musical forms to the triumph of art over death, fear and pain.” (P. 908)…
