Beethoven

Beethoven is one of the most well known and respected composers of the world today. He is a house hold name, after writing many pieces for the piano and violin. He achieved greatness through patience and skill.

It all started on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany, where Ludwig Van Beethoven was born. The next day he was baptized into Christianity. He was oldest of three kids, with his brothers Casper and Nikolaus. His mother, a former chambermaid, was Maria, Magdalena. H

is Father, Johann van Beethoven, was a musician, playing the piano and violin just well enough to give lessons. That and the income from his voice lessons was his salary. As a young man, he worked at the elector’s singing soprano and tenor.

Johann wanted his eldest son to be a prodigy like Mozart, and started lessons very young. He appointed himself teacher for the young boy, and forced him to practice piano for hours at a time. Johann was an alcoholic, and it is said that he would drag poor Ludwig out of his bed at all hours of the night to play for his pub friends. Although Ludwig had to deal with all these afflictions, he still managed to take a liking to music, making up his own tunes in his spare time.

After some time, Johann seemed to realize Lud

. . .

View the whole essay, without interruption

From then on he could often be found practicing at the piano or violin. He had tried to grasp the sounds of the country in a musical tone. He composed his fifth symphony and planned to dedicate it to Napolean. When it had ended, the crowd applauded with much passion, but Beethoven was unable to hear it. ”

Beethoven continued composing, gaining fame and followers with each new piece. He published several important pieces including his sixth, seventh, and eighth symphonies, his Fielio and Eroica. However, when Napoleon decided to crown himself emperor, Beethoven ripped the title of the symphony in two. He later replaced it as “to celebrate the memory of a great man. As an alternative, he chose to go back to Vienna, to finish his career out as a composer. He gained fame quickly, as more and more people came to know his name. He secured to help of Christian Gottlob Neefe.

Year 1818 found Beethoven completely deaf.

Beethoven’s mother had died a painful death of tuberculosis, and his father could frequently be found in jail.

Approximate Word count = 1045
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Simply subscribe to view this paper, and 100,000 others.