For many people, Ludwig Van Beethoven is considered the greatest
             composer who ever lived and is the highest level of musical geniuses. His
             compositions are the expression of one of the most powerful musical personalities
             of all time which he exceeded above average in both areas of Classical and
             Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770, and was
             baptized on December 17. His father, Johann, was a singer employed by the
             Elector of Cologne in Bonn. Johann married Maria Magdalena Laym, a cook's
             daughter. Together they had seven children of which three sons survived,
             Beethoven was the oldest (Collier's Encyclopedia, Beethoven).
             When Johanns' career was threatened by alcoholism, he saw his chance to
             get rich by exploiting his son Beethoven as a child prodigy. He claimed
             Beethoven was years younger than he actually was, neglected his formal
             education, and made him practice his music endlessly. His attempt to get rich was
             a disaster and probably encouraged the brusque and withdrawing personality
             Beethoven developed. Beethoven was a solo pianist and piano teacher when he
             was in his twenties. He was well known for his temperamental nature. He had to
             abandon his performing career of deafness. By this time, he was well known as a
             composer and was able to live by the profits of concerts and sale of his works to
             publishers. He was the most revered composer in all of Europe and regarded as
             the greatest living example of Romantic, artistic genius (McLeish, pg. 18-19).
             Sonate Pathetique, Opus 13 was written in 1798 and named by the composer
             Ludwig Van Beethoven. This Sonate was extremely romantic because of the
             charged first movement, while the Adagio Movement is sad, yet comforting. The
             third movement of the "Pathetique" was considered Rondo.
             The key of the Adagio Movement is A Flat, the submediant Key of the
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