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    Ludwig van Beethoven was a composer based in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. He was born in his house attic in 1770, located in Bonn, Germany. He was the third Ludwig van Beethoven in his family. His childhood, he learned how to play the violin which sparked his interest in music. He did not enjoy music his entire life though. His father who was obsessed in making a musical genius, would make him and his brother play piano for hours at a time until the point he would start crying. The work paid

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    Beethoven had his first public debut in March 29, 1795. Even today, there is still a debate about what he played, most scholars believe he played the "first" piano concerto in C Major. Shortly after, he decided to publish three piano trios which were an enormous

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous composer between the Classical and Romantic eras. He was born in December of 1770, in Bonn, Germany. Ludwig had a terrible childhood, because of his dad who was an alcoholic most of his life, who was also a musician himself, and with that his father would make him play the piano and practice every day and would smack him if he made a mistake. This is how he developed such a talent for music, because of his father. Although he was deaf, he made most of his famous

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    that influenced Beethoven's music career was when he first starting taking music lessons with his father. The second event was when he filled in as a keyboard player in a court orchestra. The last event that influences his music career was when Beethoven traveled to Vienna to meet Mozart. 2.Eroica was first performed in the Theatre an der Wein. This performance gave the audience a mixed reaction. Some admired it while on the other hand some found it to be too long. 3. I like Symphony No.5, 1st

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    The final complete symphony by Beethoven was Symphony No. 9, also referred to as “The Choral”. Not only is it considered one of his greatest works, it was one of the best known in the classical period, as well as the greatest compositions in western music. He was the first major composer to used voices in a symphony with a chorus. In 1817 the symphony was commissioned to The Philharmonic Society and was completed in 1824. Beethoven used a theme which is first played instrumentally is then reproduced

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    Goode’s version that respects every instruction of Beethoven and make it sound reasonable to shape Beethoven’s music. Indeed, the value of Rubinstein’s version is critical for pianists. In terms of the characteristics of Beethoven, his version is not suitable for students to listen and learn his rendition. The Barenboim’s version offers the entirely new viewpoints on interpretation Beethoven’s music. His music not entirely followed the indication of Beethoven, but Barenboim developed his unique and reasonable

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    the assumption you are familiar with and have heard Symphony No. five by Beethoven. Whether it was a theme in movie or part of an advertisement on TV, it captured your attention and added emotion and excitement to the particular segment that it coincided with. Total unification and the pervasive use of a single motif combine to make the Fifth Symphony, which had one of the longest gestation periods of any Beethoven work, the first in which all movements are shown plainly to be part of a cyclic

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    own time period. Much like any of 21st centuries music genres they have had their own time periods. With each time periods comes and unique styling and sound that most artist within that niche seem to follow. Until you have that one person like Beethoven to really change things from the normal, which is so notable that a new period is born. In the end you can choose your favorite genre and time period of that said genre, which will often correlate with who you like. Bu none of this makes it better

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    many talented persons that have influenced music but none are so well known as Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. All three of these great composers performed during the Classic period and it would act as the base of classic music for the next one hundred and fifty, to two hundred years. The names of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are so well known that people who have little to no knowledge of music will recognize their names. The urban communities of Austria and Germany

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    centuries after Vincent van Gogh. Along with Ludwig von Beethoven, who died of natural causes in 1827, four of the greatest creative minds each suffered from bipolar disorder, depression, or epilepsy, usually suffering from other physical ailments as well. Ernest Hemingway was the only one to seem to have a genetic disposition towards mental illness. None of these men led similar lives. Van Gogh only saw one of his paintings sold, while Beethoven was an acclaimed composer by the age of twenty-nine.

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