...Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) The culmination of the Viennese Classical Style—and/or first great Romantic? The first completely freelance composer: Beethoven never held a position as a composer in residency, as had Haydn and Mozart For his success at combining tradition and personal expression he was the dominant musical figure of the 19th century, and scarcely any composer since his time has escaped his influence Beethoven’s greatness is mainly thought of in terms of instrumental composition (though in his last symphony he would try to synthesize the symphonic and vocal realms) Beethoven’s audience heard “Liberation” in his music—a successful revolutionary He chose to compose music that would express his individual ‘genius Beethoven expanded all the stylistic categories and models that he inherited Beethoven’s life was seen as a tragic and—in the age of Napoleon—as a heroic struggle He was of the generation coming of age at the time of the French Revolution (1789–1815) The revolution’s ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, fired Beethoven’s inspiration Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon embodied the “career of talents” (meritocracy) The “heroic Beethoven” takes shape: For two years I have ceased to attend any social functions . . because I find it impossible to say to people ‘I am deaf’ - - (and yet) I will seize Fate by the throat - it shall certainly not crush me completely The Heiligenstadt Testament The Eroica (Ital.,...
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...People often referred to his mother as a warm, caring person. Beethoven called her his “best friend.” Of the seven children making up the Beethoven family, only three survived. While Ludwig was still young, he took an interest in music. His father taught him music day and night, envisioning his son as the new mozart. On March 26th, 1778, Beethoven gave his first performance. Although he was 7 ½ years old, his father announced to the crowd that he was only 6. This caused Beethoven to think for a long time after that that he was younger than he really was. But his father could only teach him so much, and soon Beethoven began lessons with Gottlob Neefe, famous musician and composer. In 1782, when he was not yet 12, Beethoven composed his...
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...he travel around Europe with his father playing for royal families. Beethoven was born in 1770 and died in 1827, he had the opportunity to work under both Haydn and Mozart, which allowed his music to be versatile, because his works were inspired by Mozart and Haydn and composed with Beethoven's sense of style. Haydn was in 1732 and died in 1809, he was the only one who could compose and sing, which allowed him to stand out from the rest. Between both Beethoven...
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...Indeed anyone who has endeavored playing the piano knows about the song “Fur Elise”. Composed by Beethoven in 1810, it still to this day plays an essential role in the music industry. It’s mournful and grief filled tone expresses agony and connects with listeners experiencing hardships alike. Many composers have replicated and produced this song in numerous formats. Among them, Georgii Cerkiin and Orion’s Reign have produced intriguingly decent forms of this song. Mr. Cerkiins very original elegant version conveys the same message the composer intended to convey. However the same may not be said about the band Orion’s Reign. There very metallic version of this classic puts feelings of excitement rather than sorry. Although both Orion’s reign and Georgii Cerkiins version of “fur Elise” follow similar patterns, Cerkins mournful, elegant classic, allows listeners to feel sympathy for the losses of others. Furthermore, the song “Fur Elise” once analyzed deeply has historic and very personal meanings. Although historians have argued about the theories of this song one very popular theory is that of Dr. Kopitz. The song title is “Fur Elise” which in German means for Elise. One can come to the conclusion that Beethoven dedicated this song to an Elise. Dr. Kopitz has a theory that Beethoven was in love with...
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...There are many popular composers whose music has made a great impact on the way that music is created, performed, and listened to all around the world. Each composer has their own unique methods that they used to create their pieces. The composer and musical piece that I will analyze is "Symphony No. 3 Eroica" by Ludwig van Beethoven. This piece of work focuses on various themes and elements that help portray it into a symphony. To further explain his musical piece, it is important to do an in-depth search on the piece's background, characteristics, and key elements. Beethoven was a very talented, dedicated, and hardworking German composer. "Widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived, Ludwig van Beethoven dominates a period of musical history as no one else before or since" (Knapp & Budden). Beethoven wrote "Symphony No. 3 Eroica" at an emotional and hard time in his life when he was in the early stages of going deaf. Writing musical pieces like this symphony are...
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...Concert Review 1– Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No 9 Concert realized in Berlin on “The Berlin Celebration Concert”, a celebration for the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. The concert was realized in the same year, on Christmas day. Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, famous American conductor and composer, along with musicians from the most important orchestras in the world. Bernstein performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Beethoven who was Germany. This symphony is considered the greatest work from Beethoven, your most-know work and one of the greatest works from classical era. My choice was this symphony because of all history and rumors about 7 years that Beethoven worked to finish this work. Experts say that work was the first try to add a vocal in a symphony, and contain a melody that foreshadows "Ode to Joy" from Mozart. I usually listen classics music to practice sports because the emotion makes me...
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...“Program music is instrumental music that describes some extra musical content be it a picture, a story, or a poem” (L41, 00:50). Program music can invoke an experience beyond listening to musicians play, it relates to Wagner’s idea of Gesamtkunstwerk, a performance synthesizing all forms of art with sound focusing on life’s thoughts and emotions. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Sturm ( ) is a prime example of how expressive content determines the musical composition. Beethoven decided to compose a movement that would musically describe a thunderstorm and “then he came up with the musical materials to fit that expressive and programmatic bill”. It constitutes the broadest difference between Classicism and cutting edge Romanticism. In Classicism,...
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...Ludwig van Beethoven Introduction Ludwig van Beethoven (December 1770- March 1827) was a pianist and composer- arguably the greatest and most influential composer of all time. He made his mark in history with the crucial role that he played in the transition of classical eras in art music. He had a full and varied music career and wasn’t afraid to move his numerous compositions from the tried and tested musical styles. In terms or the world’s greatest, Beethoven only comes second to the likes of Mozart or Bach. Beethoven is best known for his compositions, which include 32 piano sonatas, 5 concertos for piano, 16 string quartets and 9 symphonies (Anderson 1044). He is also known for the composition of other music, choral works and songs. Early Childhood Beethoven was born on the 16th of December, 1770 in Bonn and baptized the following day (Dalhaus & Whittall 6). His father was originally from Brabant, Belgium, but had moved to Bonn where he served as a musician at the local court. Despite his weakness for alcohol, Beethoven’s father was quite influential in shaping the music career of Beethoven as it was through him that young Beethoven was exposed to music. From an early age, Beethoven was taught music by Christiano Gottlob Neefe, a famous opera composer and conductor, and Johann van Beethoven who was his father. Johann envisioned creating a new kind of Mozart in his son and would train him every evening on returning from the court. As a teenager, Beethoven earned some...
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...seen was Ludwig Van Beethoven. Composing some of the greatest works known to man, such as his Symphony No. 5 as well as his Pathetique Sonata. Today I am lucky enough to be his manager. He has come to the future to give the world a once in a lifetime opportunity of seeing him live with an artist of my choosing. Beethoven has a lot of qualities that make up his electrifying persona. He is often described as a self-absorbed angry individual always trying to better his work. In his lifetime he has faced many difficulties. One of his major difficulties was his rapid loss of hearing. Right now he is practically deaf. After taking these qualities into consideration we have decided to incorporate two different...
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...Introduction Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German pianist and composer. He was a figure in Western art music in Classical to Romantic era transition. His Compositions He was taught music and often soundly beaten by his father Johann - a music teacher and by a fellow composer Haydn after he moved to Vienna in 1792. His hearing began to deteriorate in his mid-twenties, and by the last decade of his life he became almost totally deaf. He gave up performing and conducting in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from this period. His symphonies were composed as follows: Symphony 1 was composed in Key C, symphony 2 in key D, symphony 3 in Key E flat and titled “Eroica”. ”Eroica” helped redefine symphony as a genre of music. It was first performed in 1804. Symphony 4 was composed in Key B flat, symphony 5 in C minor, symphony 6 in Key F and titled “Pastoral”. Symphony 7 was composed in Key A. Symphony 8 was composed in Key F and symphony 9 in D minor and was titled, “Choral”. The ninth symphony included a chorus. It was very popular since it was with this symphony that a composer used choral voices in a major symphony. His opera was titled, “Fidelio”. It was composed in the ‘middle period’ of Ludwig’s career and it went on through many revisions and rewrites. By the time of his death, he had the following compositions: 1 Opera, 9 Symphonies, 31 orchestral works, 77 choral works, 87 Songs and 92 chamber pieces. He...
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...Inspiration; Ludwig V. Beethoven LEAST WE FORGET Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Germany in 1770 and died in 1827 at the age of 56, the funeral rites took place at the church of the Holy Trinity. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 30,000 people attended… When I think of this I can’t begin to imagine that type of influence, and type of appreciation he had. In a time where there was no radio stations or Televisions, and telephones where still a couple decades away, 10,000 to 30,000 people attended one man’s funeral on paper news and word of mouth. Beethoven was no regular man, but yet a man born with talent. Beethoven who was brother of seven whom only three brothers survived making Beethoven the eldest; began learning music at a young age from his father, musician at the Court of Bonn. He Showed talent right away, and on March 26th 1778, at the age of 7 in a half, Beethoven gave his first know public performance, at Cologne. His talents surpassed his father’s ability at a young age and needed more talented teachers. He later began to learn under several renowned Instructors but things didn’t really pick up until he fell under the teachings of Gottlob Neefe. The reason that Neefe’s ability to coach Beethoven were so notable is because Neefe knew people and would began to bring the piercing stature of the young man to public interface. So began the attention of philosophers, ancient and modern, known to Beethoven. In 1782, before the...
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...My perception of music is that music tells a story through song. The artists write music to tell express their feelings and in return we listen to music for our enjoyment, personal growth, and musical therapy. Music is a part of our everyday life. No matter what feelings we may have, there is a song to match. When I think of Beethoven’s 5th symphony, I imagine myself as the main character in a short horror film. It starts off slow but very suspenseful. 1:25-2:10 I’m running in the woods from the killers. They’re chasing me…. I’m running faster and faster. Then, all of a sudden nothing is there. 2:10-2:53 I’m happy. Nothing is there. I tell myself I worried for nothing. I hear something in the bushes and my adrenalin begins to speed back up. Next thing I know, the killers are there again. 2:55 – 3:30 I can see them, but they can’t see me. It’s like game of “catch me if you can.” I’m in the lead. They can’t catch me. My biggest goal is to make it to safety before they see me. 3:30 – 3:50 I let my ego get ahead of me. I check behind me but no one is there. Did I lose them? Did they give up? What is going on? I’m questioning myself, wondering how I could lose track of the killers. I’m nervous all over again. I never stop running, but I begin to slow down. At this point I don’t know what to do. 3:50-4:12 The killers return! They are right behind me. I begin to run faster. It’s me against them. 4:12-4:50 they’re closer than they were before. Although they are closer, I shut them...
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...I have been hoping to develop my career path in music industry since childhood. I determined to be successful in this industry. There are hundreds of people who became very successful and one of them is Ludwig van Beethoven. According to Jane S. Van Ingen (n.d.), "By the time Beethoven was 40 years old in 1810, he had given the world six symphonies, 15 piano sonatas, 10 quartets, five concertos, a ballet, an opera and a choral mass" (para. 1). Beethoven is one of the greatest masters in music composition with no doubt. He became so successful even though he was coming from an abusive family, became deaf at the age of 31, his love left him to marry another man and he got the custody of his nephew who hated him (Swimmer, 1998). Beethoven is my...
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...The Iron cause: By Taylor dicker Introduction: Orathion Orathion had been working against the odds since the very day he was born. For he was the result of an affair between a common Tavern wrench and a high king, anyone in these circumstances cannot expect any less than a swift cut of a sword BY THE king SEEKING TO SAVE THE POSSIBLE STIGMA FROM HIS NAME. But orathion’s mother was lucky enough to smuggle him out before detection. For the first 15 years Orathion’s existence was unknown to king fragone bohinn, but that was all changed THE DAY THE REBELLION BROKE OUT. Chapter 1: The merchant’s boy “Quickly we must move my son before the first lights of day” said Anne cirend. The two men in the brown, troy and carter, were merchants traveling through willinton on the day Anne gave birth. Once word got around town of the birth Anne knew it would only be a matter of time before king fragone found out. And she knew full and well what the consequences were for being an illegitimate child of king fragone was. For she was not the first to be impregnated by him, the other women’s children and eventually the women were killed. The bodies were found in the ditches on the outer parts of the town, children no older than 2 years of age slaughtered without a hope of survival.” Do not worry we will take him” said troy. “Oh gods be good bless you both, but you must hurry its likely his kingship’s men are already on the way” said Anne. “Then I guess this is Farwell mi lady”. Troy grabbed Orathion...
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...Title: Beethoven Lives Upstairs Questions: 1. What was the story all about? It’s all about the young boy named Christoph, he met a crucial composer named Ludwig van Beethoven. Christoph eventually sees the pain and struggles of Beethoven. He also begins to see the softer side of Beethoven, they became friends and Christoph begin to appreciate Beethoven's wonderful music. 2. Who are the main characters? Ludwig van Beethoven- He was the upstairs boarder of Christoph, He bosses people around and gets away with it, he's loud, he's peculiar, and he's very angry. He’s a madman, but inside him there’s pain and struggle his dealing with. Christoph- He’s a young boy, at first he really hates Beethoven, but eventually he understands the situation of Beethoven and he has been close to him. And Beethoven thought him that Music is not something you can quit. Mother- It was Christoph’s Mother, she’s a Pianist. Uncle Kurt- He helps Christoph understand some reasons for Beethoven strange behavior and thought that Christoph should see brighter side of a person Sophie- She’s a maid, she definitely hates Beethoven, but at the end like Christoph, She eventually saw the brighter side of a person. 3. When and where was the story set? It was Monday, March 26, 1827. The story happened in the house of Christoph. 4. Who was your favorite character in the movie? Why? Beethoven, actually from the start, I don’t like him. He looks weird and acted strange, although that’s my...
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