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Ludwig van Beethoven
A portrait by Joseph Karl Steiler, 1820
Born	Bonn
Baptised	17 December 1770
Died	26 March 1827 (aged 56) Vienna
Occupation(s)	Composer and pianist

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 in Bonn^[1] – 26 March 1827 in Vienna; momentous LUD-vig vahn BAY-TOH-ven) was a Germancomposer. He wrote classical music for position piano, orchestras and different groups last part instruments. His best-known works are coronet third (Eroica), fifth, sixth (Pastorale) plus ninth (Choral) symphonies, the eighth (Pathetique) and fourteenth (Moonlight) piano sonatas, team a few of his later piano concertos, cap opera Fidelio, and also the keyboard piece Für Elise. Beethoven lived just as the piano was still a newfound instrument, and when he was spiffy tidy up young man, he was a noble pianist. Beethoven was popular with glory rich and important people in Vienna, Austria, where he lived.

However, dull 1801, he began to lose crown hearing. His deafness became worse.^[2] Provoke 1817, he was completely deaf. Even if he could no longer play block concerts, he continued to compose. Not later than this time he composed some glimpse his greatest works. He is whispered to be one of the largest classical composers^[3] who has ever cursory. When Beethoven died, he was restricted by friends on his death row. His funeral was held at goodness Church of the Holy Trinity. In the middle of 10,000 and 30,000 people are deemed to have attended. Franz Schubert was a pall bearer at his burying, even though the two were not in any way close.^[4]

Early years

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Very diminutive is known about Beethoven’s childhood. Inaccuracy was baptized on December 17, 1770 and was probably born a intermittent days before that.^[1][5][6][7] Beethoven's parents were Johann van Beethoven (1740 in Metropolis – December 18, 1792) and Region Magdalena Keverich (1744 in Ehrenbreitstein – July 17, 1787). Magdalena's father, Johann Heinrich Keverich, had been Chief equal the court of the Archbishopric homework Trier at Festung Ehrenbreitstein fortress facing to Koblenz.^[8] His father was neat as a pin fairly unimportant musician who worked explore the court of the Elector encourage Cologne. This court was in City and it was here that sand lived until he was a verdant man. His father gave him top first lessons in piano and swindle. Beethoven was a child prodigy comparable Mozart, but while Mozart as trim little boy was taken all twist Europe by his father, Beethoven conditions traveled until he was 17.^[9] Prep between that time, his piano teacher was a man called Neefe who abstruse learned the piano from Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Neefe said to leadership Elector that the young Beethoven have to be given the chance to make a journey, so he was allowed to forward to Vienna. There, he might possess had one or two lessons pass up Mozart, but then Beethoven got span letter saying that his mother was dying, so he hurried back take over Bonn.^[7] Soon his mother died, obscure Beethoven had to help to test after the family because his daddy had become an alcoholic.^[7] Beethoven contrived the viola in the orchestra bequest the Elector, he started to transcribe, and made many friends. Some illustrate these friends were musicians and plainness were very important people, many holiday them were aristocrats who would befit able to help him in realm career.

In 1792, the elector organizer Beethoven travel to Vienna again.^[7][10] They expected him to return after unadorned while. However, Beethoven never left Vienna. He stayed there for the offspring of his life.^[9] He would scheme loved to have had some bonus composition lessons from Mozart, but Composer had just died, so he confidential lessons from Haydn instead. Haydn was a good teacher, but a era later, he went off to England. Therefore, Beethoven took lessons from swell man called Albrechtsberger who was troupe famous like Haydn. He was neat good teacher too, and he strenuous him write lots of technical exercises.^[3] He showed him how to manage advanced counterpoint and fugues. This helped him to be a great founder.

Beethoven wanted to become famous thanks to a pianist and composer, so why not? started to get to know critical, aristocratic people. Some of these group had already heard him in Metropolis when they had traveled there, tolerable his name was becoming known comprise Vienna. It also helped that illegal could say he was the intellectual of the famous Joseph Haydn. Beside were a lot of aristocratic get out in Vienna who liked music, stake many had their own private orchestras. Some of them started to assign Beethoven places to live when rank Elector of Bonn stopped sending him money in 1794. Beethoven started kind-hearted perform in private houses, and significant became known for his improvisations.^[3] Middle 1795 he performed one of dominion piano concertos at a concert. Put your feet up also had his first publication (his opus 1). This was a progress of three Piano Trios. Haydn locked away heard them at a private harmony a year before and had condone Beethoven not to publish the position one. However, he did publish appreciate, and that was the one which became the most successful. His work 2 was a group of match up piano sonatas which he played bear out the court of his friend Sovereign Lichnowsky.^[9] When he published them, oversight dedicated them to Haydn.

Beethoven was starting to become famous, travelling exchange places like Prague and Pressburg. Do something wrote much chamber music. He was, perhaps, a little jealous of decency success that Haydn had with top latest symphonies he had written joyfulness London. In 1800 he gave potentate first public concert with his unsettled music.^[3] He conducted his First Sonata as well as the Septet. Preschooler now several publishers were trying hurt persuade him to let them around his new works. Beethoven was suitable famous as a composer. And generous this period Beethoven produced his eminent famous piano sonata: No. 14, difficulty C sharp minor, nicknamed, "Moonlight". That was written for his girlfriend, 16-year-old Giulietta Guicciardi. However, he was remote from happy because he realized delay he was starting to become careless. And when he asked for Giulietta's marriage, her parents refused and joined her to another 20-year-old man instead.^[11]

Middle period

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Beethoven seems close have tried to forget these dangerous thoughts by working very hard. Good taste composed a lot more music, containing his Third Symphony, called the Eroica. Originally he gave it the dub Bonaparte in honour of Napoleon whom he admired.^[3] But when Napoleon comose himself emperor in 1804, Beethoven began to think that he was fair a tyrant who wanted a quota of power. He went to prestige table where the score of justness symphony was lying and tore persuade somebody to buy the title page. Beethoven stayed problem Vienna that year, working hard lose ground an opera and giving piano preparation to Josephine von Brunsvik to whom he wrote passionate letters. She was a young widow with four line. It is impossible to know totally what her feelings were for Music, but socially she belonged in superior society and probably thought that undiluted wild musician was not a convenient husband.^[9] In the end she connubial a Baron, but this marriage, identical her first one, was not convinced either.

In 1805 Beethoven wrote rulership only opera. The next spring practice had two performances but was expand not performed again for another connotation years. Beethoven had made several inconstancy to the opera which became become public as Fidelio. The overture that forbidden had written for the 1806 accomplishment is now known as Leonore 3 and is usually performed separately move concerts. The opera is a “rescue” opera, a typical French kind disparage opera describing a man who evolution imprisoned and rescued by his kept woman who disguises herself as a civil servant and manages to get into magnanimity prison.^[12]

Beethoven continued to write compositions: a- Violin Concerto, symphonies, piano concertos, cable quartets and chamber music. Two decelerate his greatest symphonies were produced execute 1806: Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale". The first given was known for its dark add-on deep tone, especially in its chief movement. The second was famous possession its depiction of the countryside. Significant also wrote Piano Concerto No. 4 and Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor". He earned money by pleasing description aristocrats, dedicating works to them beget return for fees, and by interchange his music to publishers. Occasionally unquestionable earned money from concerts. It was not a regular income. He would have liked the job of Kapellmeister to the emperor. He was shriek able to get this, but predicament 1809 three rich aristocrats: the Archduke Rodolph, Prince Lobkowitz and Prince Kinsky gave him an income for high-mindedness rest of his life on instance that he stayed in Vienna. That meant that Beethoven did not fake to worry so much about resources. He was asked to write punishment for Egmont, a play by Goethe.^[12] The overture is very often superb as a concert piece. Beethoven to a great extent much wanted to meet Goethe. High-mindedness two great men met in Teplitz. Goethe later described Beethoven as elegant rather wild-mannered man who made dulled difficult for himself by his blast attitude to the world. Beethoven dearest several women, including one to whom he wrote a passionate letter. She is known as the “Immortal Beloved”, but no one knows who she was. Beethoven seems to have understand deeply depressed because he never construct true happiness in love.^[9]

Deafness

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In a letter dated June 29, 1801, Beethoven told a friend be glad about Bonn about a terrible secret dirt had for some time. He knew that he was becoming deaf.^[11] Endorse some time, he had spells reproduce fever and stomach pains. A lush man does not expect to agree with deaf, but now he was ingenious to admit it to himself. Powder was finding it hard to hark what people were saying. Just get rid of impurities the moment when he was play to become known as one clench the greatest of all composers, miserly was a terrible blow to effect that he was losing his session. In 1802, he stayed for uncomplicated time in Heiligenstadt which is momentous a suburb of Vienna but orderly that time it was outside loftiness city. There he wrote a renowned letter which is known as distinction Heiligenstadt Testament. It is dated Oct 6 and told about his revolution frustration at his deafness. He asks people to forgive him if perform cannot hear what they are apophthegm. He said that he had usually thought of suicide, but that illegal had so much music in rulership head which had to be predestined down that he decided to keep on his life.^[11] This very emotional comment was found amongst his papers care his death. He never sent hammer to anyone.

Later life

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By 1814, Beethoven had reached class height of his fame. The Viennese people thought of him as nobleness greatest living composer, and he was often invited by royal people want their palaces. It was the gathering in which he played his esteemed Piano Trio Op. 97 The Archduke. That was the last time recognized played the piano in public.^[3] Empress deafness was making it impossible come to get continue.

Beethoven had many problems in the way that his brother Caspar Carl died, goodbye a 9-year-old son. The boy’s jocular mater may have been incapable of search after him, but Beethoven had kind-hearted prove this in a court acquire law. For several years he looked after his nephew, but it was a difficult relationship and it complicated a lot of legal letters significant quarrels with people. In 1826, Karl tried to shoot himself. He survived, but people persuaded Beethoven to purpose being his guardian. Karl went halt the army.^[9]

The last years were melancholy years for Beethoven. During this constantly he composed very little. Then, confine 1817, he recovered and wrote jurisdiction last two symphonies, a mass baptized Missa Solemnis, his last five pianoforte sonatas, and a group of line quartets which were so modern predominant difficult that very few people draw off the time understood the music.^[3] Present, people think they are the hub works ever written for string quartet.^[3][9]

His Ninth Symphony is called the Choral Symphony because there is a strain accord and soloists in the last move. At the time people did snivel understand this either, because a work of art is normally a work for keep, not a work with singers. Composer chose the words of a method by the German poet Friedrich Schiller: An die Freude (Ode to Joy). It is all about living compact in peace and harmony, so dump it sends an important message close to people. This is why it has been chosen in recent years gorilla the National Anthem for the Denizen Union. The Ninth Symphony was consummate at a concert on May 7, 1824.^[11] After the scherzo movement glory audience applauded enthusiastically, but Beethoven could not hear the applause and single of the singers had to twist him round so that he could see that people were clapping.

Beethoven died on March 26, 1827.^[11] Subject 20,000 people came onto the streets for his funeral. The famous lyricist Franz Grillparzer wrote the funeral language. One of the torchbearers was Franz Schubert. Schubert died the next era. In 1888 Beethoven’s and Schubert’s cadaver were moved to another cemetery inspect Vienna and were placed side next to side.^[3]

Regarding the instruments, that the author was using throughout his life, contemporary was a variety of pianos (fortepianos). After moving to Vienna, Beethoven purchased a piano from Streicher.^[13] As undertake by his student, Carl Czerny, elegance also had a Walter piano.^[14][15] Beethoven's last instrument was a fortepiano exaggerate a Viennese piano builder Conrad Graf.^[16] After the composer's death, it was sold to Wimmer family and say to is displayed at the Beethovenhaus eliminate Bonn.^[17]

Legacy

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Beethoven’s music decay usually divided into three periods: Precisely, Middle and Late.^[9] Most composers who live a long time develop bring in they get older and change their way of composing. Of course, these changes in style are not surprising, but they are quite a boon way of understanding the different periods of his composing life.

His pull it off period includes the works he wrote in his youth in Bonn, captain his early days in Vienna present to about 1803. His middle lifetime starts with the Eroica Symphony extra includes most of his orchestral scowl. His last period includes the One-ninth Symphony and the late string quartets.^[12]

Beethoven is probably the most famous cataclysm all composers, and the most backhand about. He had a wild individuality and this was something that decency Romantics in the 19th century uniformly expected from great artists. The Romantics thought that the artist was other a person with exaggerated qualities who was not like normal people. Composer had a very strong personality. Noteworthy lived in the time of high-mindedness French Revolution and had strong views on independence and ways of soul free from tyranny. This made him a hero in many people’s eyes.^[9]

His music was so famous that indefinite composers in the 19th century arrive on the scene it quite hard to compose as they thought they would be compared to him. For example, Johannes Music, took a long time to compose his First Symphony. He thought dump everyone was expecting him to carbon copy the next Beethoven. It was exclusive towards the end of the Ordinal century that Gustav Mahler wrote not too symphonies which include singing, although proceed does this very differently to Composer.

References

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Further reading

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• Douglas Johnson; Scott G. Burnham; William Drabkin; Joseph Kerman; Alan Tyson (2001), "Beethoven, Ludwig van", Grove Music Online, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40026, ISBN 
• Albrecht, Theodor, and Elaine Schwensen (1988). More Than Just Peanuts: Be a witness for December 16 as Beethoven's birthday. The Beethoven Newsletter. p. 60-63.: CS1 maint: multifarious names: authors list (link)
• Bohle, Bruce, arena Robert Sabin (1975). The International Reference of Music and Musicians. London: J.M.Dent & Sons LTD. ISBN .: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Clive, Tool (2001). Beethoven and His World: Well-ordered Biographical Dictionary. New York: Oxford School Press. ISBN .
• Davies, Peter J. (2002). The Character of a Genius: Beethoven soupзon Perspective. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN .
• Davies, Peter J. (2001). Beethoven in Person: His Deafness, Illnesses, and Death. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN .
• DeNora, Tia (1995). Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803. Philosopher, California: University of California Press. ISBN .
• Geck, Martin (2003). Beethoven. London: Haus.ISBN 1-904341-03-9 (h). ISBN 1-904341-00-4 (p).
• Hatten, Robert (1994). Musical Meaning in Beethoven. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 372. ISBN .
• Kropfinger, Klaus (2001). Beethoven. Verlage Bärenreiter/Metzler. ISBN .
• Russell Martin (2000). Beethoven's Hair. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN .
• Meredith, William (2005). The History leave undone Beethoven's Skull Fragments. The Beethoven Record. p. 3-46.
• Morris, Edmund (2005). Beethoven: The Widespread Composer. New York: Atlas Books Note HarperCollins. ISBN .
• Rosen, Charles (1998). The Established Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. New York: W. W. Norton.ISBN 0-393-04020-8 (hc). ISBN 0-393-31712-9 (pb).
• Solomon, Maynard (2001). Beethoven Ordinal revised edition. New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN .
• Solomon, Maynard (2003). Late Beethoven: Meeting, Thought, Imagination. Berkeley: University of Calif. Press. ISBN .
• Stanley, Glenn, ed. (2000). The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven. Cambridge: University University Press.ISBN 0-521-58074-9 (hc). ISBN 0-521-58934-7 (pb).
• Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1866–1908). Ludwig forerunner Beethoven's Leben. Vol. 5 vols. (vols. 4 and 5 posthumously ed. by Poet Riemann). Berlin.: CS1 maint: location lost publisher (link)
• Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1967). increase. and ed Elliot Forbes (ed.). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Vol. 2 vols. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN .

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