Life of ludwig van beethoven summary

Ludwig Van Beethoveen was born in in Bonn, Germany as the son of a court musician. His talent for the piano was soon realized and he gave his first public performance at the age of eight. Beethoven's father wanted to promote him as the next child prodigy, another Mozart. (This most surely led to Beethoven's absolute distaste for child prodigies later in his life.) Nevertheless, Beethoven was employeed as a court musician in Bonn from During this time he studied briefly under both Haydn and Mozart, although it was certainly not a satisfying relationship for Beethoven. It turns out that events in Beethoven's life greatly affected (or seem to have affected) him writing. Because of this Beethoven's musical output is very episodic. As we shall see, there are three main periods in Beethoven's life, known simply as the early, middle, and late periods.

In , Beethoven relocated to Vienna. This is the beginning of his early period which lasted rougly until Durin

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Biography

Ludwig van Beethoven () was a German composer and pianist, who is arguably the defining figure in the history of Western music.

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December , but no-one is completely sure on which date. He was baptized on the 17th.

The earliest recorded piece that Beethoven composed is a set of nine piano variations, composed in

Beethoven moved to Vienna in , where he met influential composers like Haydn and began to compose in earnest.

By , he had begun to suffer from tinnitus and was losing his hearing.

Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 14 ('Moonlight') in

The Third Symphony, known as the 'Eroica', was completed in It went on to redefine the symphony as a genre.

The opening motif to the Fifth Symphony from is one of the most famous musical excerpts in history.

The 'middle period' of Beethoven's career also saw him compose piano works like the Waldstein and Apassionata sonatas, as well as his only opera, Fide

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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BIOGRAPHY

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Beethoven grew up in stad i tyskland, Germany in a very unhappy home. He was forced to practice the piano by his father, an abusive alcoholic who would punish him mercilessly when he made mistakes. By the time he was twelve, he was earning a living for his family by playing organ and composing. He was eventually known as the greatest pianist of his time. One of Beethoven&#;s favorite foods was macaroni and cheese. He also loved strong kaffe (engelska) &#; exactly 60 kaffe beans to one cup.

Beethoven never married even though he proposed to plenty of women who rejected him (he wasn&#;t very attractive and he had a rather nasty temper). Yet in spite of his unpleasant personality, Beethoven is best defined bygd his music.

His first two symphonies are very much in the same style and form eller gestalt as those of composers that came before him, most notably Franz Joseph Haydn, his teacher. But Beethoven&#;s writing&#;as seen in his third s