Sergio Mendez Pierce English 10 P.2 15 February 2013 Research Paper While many men and women throughout history have made significant‚ valuable and lasting contributions to society‚ Ludwig Van Beethoven is an especially remarkable figure worthy of special note because he embraced and devoted his whole life to music. Born to a drunkard father and an unhappy mother‚ the young Beethoven was exposed to a brutal training in music at the hands of his father‚ who hoped that the young
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in Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata (#21‚ Op 53) As the length of sonatas grew under pens such as Beethoven‚ the free exercise of many layers of musical contrast kept the longer works fresh and palatable. This sonata doesn’t have as bold of contrasts as Beethoven’s later works‚ but they still exist. The first movement starts with a quiet intro that swells with excitement at measure 11‚ only to calm back to a quiet simmering two measures later. As a middle period sonata‚ the dynamics do not switch
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Ludwig vans Beethoven‚ who as one of the greatest composers of all time wrote most of his music while he was deaf! It seems impossible‚ but what a genius he was. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany on December 16‚ 1770. His mother died while he was a teenager and his father was very abusive and a crazy alcoholic. Beethoven came from a very musical family. His grandfather became a conductor and his father played and taught piano and violin. From a very young age‚ Beethoven was a perfectionist
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Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the well-known music composer and pianist. He was born on December 17‚ 1770 in Bonn. Beethoven received his early training from his father and other musicians‚ as he carried out his earliest concert accompanying a young singer at the age of eight. Later on‚ he began to attend music lessons with a court organist teacher‚ Van Den Eden‚ unfortunately it did not last long. In 1779‚ Tobias Pfeiffer taught him and he began to attend in classes with a musician called
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The wonders of Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven started his musical career at an early age and although he was deaf he became known as the most famous and influential composers in the world of classical music. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies‚ 5 concertos for piano‚ 32 piano sonatas‚ and 16 string quartets. He also composed
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Beethoven was‚ and remains today‚ an influential figure in the history of classical music. Perhaps no other composer in history wrote music of such inspiring power and expressiveness. His influence on the last 150 years of music is unequalled. a genius he was.He was the first musician to link the classical period of 18th-century and the novel birth of Romanticism. Beethoven’s absolute step forward in the world of music came in his instrumental work‚ not forgetting his symphonies. In contrast to
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Rondo Op.51 No.1 in C major by Beethoven • Rondo: a musical form characterized by a repeated theme that alternate with other themes • Opus: a number given chronologically order the works of a composer • This rondo was composed between 1796 and 1797. • About the composer and period: Beethoven‚ Ludwig van (1770-1827) • Period: Classical (1750-1820)/early Romantic (about 1820/30s-1910) • Nationality: German • Contemporaries: Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Clementi • Works included: • 32 piano sonatas (including
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Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised on December 17‚ 1770. Though the date of his birth is unknown‚ it is believed that he was born on December 16‚ 1770 which is the day before his baptism. His parents were Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich who lived in Bonn‚ Germany. Although they had seven children‚ only three boys survived including Ludwig who was the oldest. At an early age‚ Beethoven had an interest in music. He was first taught music by his father
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Beethoven was born on December 16th‚ 1770 in Bonn‚ Germany. He started playing piano and violin from a very young age. He was a pupil of his father‚ whom was a drinker and often forced him to wake up in the middle of the night to play for him and his drinking companions. Beethoven pursued his studies with many different great composers. He first studied with Hayden‚ but after a clash of temperaments he became a student of Schenk‚ Albrechtsberger‚ and Salieri. From the age of 12‚ Beethoven became
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It has been over 200 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven‚ but his music is alive and excites millions of people‚ almost as if it was created by our contemporary. Anyone who is even slightly acquainted with Beethoven`s biography and musical legacy‚ cannot help but fall in love with pieces of music of this composer. Between high ideals praise in his musical works and his life‚ there was no single abruption. Beethoven’s life is an example of courage and persistent struggle against life’s obstacles
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