Ludwig van 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. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, and was baptized on December 17, 1770. There is no record of his actual birth date. He came from a family of musicians. His father and grandfather worked for the Elector of Cologne. Beethoven's grandfather, Lodewyk van Beethoven came from Belgium...

Who Do You Call Educated? How is it possible to be a composer and face the reality that one's acute hearing is slowly slipping away? However, for the fortunate one's like Beethoven, he was able to master his musical career even though he didn't have the full benefit of hearin...

Beethoven\'s first public appearance was in Vienna on March 29, 1795, as a soloist in his piano concerti. By that time, he had developed a reputation for fine improvisatory performances. In Vienna, young Beethoven soon had a long list of aristocratic patrons who loved his music and were eager to hel...

The whole time the audience was quiet and just sat, watched and listened. There was one person behind me that kept tapping to the beat of the music, but stopped after a while. That was very distracting because I would hear the tapping right in my ear and couldn\'t concentrate on the orchestra. The ...

The composer of some of the most influential pieces of music ever written, Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-century classical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His greatest breakthroughs in composition came in his instrumental work, including his symphonies. Unlike ...

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827) The composer of some of the most influential pieces of music everwritten, Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-centuryclassical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His greatestbreakthroughs in composition came in his instru...

NINE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIESOut of all musical artists known today, Ludwig Van Beethoven is right at the top of popularity and stardom. Though his life didn't start this way, as did Mozart's, Beethoven increased in knowledge and musical ablility as he was taught by some of the best composers of his ti...

"Not only did I have the encouragement of constant approval, but as the conductor of the orchestra I could experiment, find out what made a good effect and what weakened it, so I was free to alter, improve, add or omit and be as bold as I pleased. Cut off from the rest of the world I had no one to b...