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Ludwig van Beethoven

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

1827 - 1770

Ludwig van Beethoven, the greatest of all composers, was born in 1770 in the city of Bonn in Germany. His talents appeared at an early age. His first written works date back to 1783. He visited Vienna when he was young, where he got to know Mozart, but for a short time. In 1792 he returned to Vienna. And he was apprenticed for a period of time to his teacher, Haydn, who was the most famous composer in Vienna at that time (Mozart had died in the previous year), and so Beethoven was forced to reside in Vienna, the musical capital of the world at that time, for the rest of his life.

Beethoven's talent as a pianist affected everyone who heard him, and he became famous as a musician and professor, then he became a prolific composer. He was able to sell his production to publishers with ease due to the rapid growth of his fame. When Beethoven approached the age of thirty, symptoms of deafness began to appear on him. Beethoven was affected by these ominous symptoms and thought for a period of time about suicide.

And that the years between 1802-1815 are sometimes considered the middle period in the life of Beetho, the art of art, and during this period, as soon as his deafness began to increase continuously, he began to gradually withdraw socially, and this made people believe that he became hateful and boring. A few dramatic relationships occurred between him and several women. These relationships ended unhappily, and Beethoven never married.

Despite his deafness, Beethoven's musical production continued to be prolific. By his late forties he became completely deaf, and as a result he no longer played in public concerts, withdrew socially, and his works became less and less understandable. And he began to compose for himself and for some ideal listeners in the future, and some of them claimed that he said to some of his critics: “I do not play for you, but for future generations.”

It is ironic that the greatest composer of music becomes deaf, but the truth is greater than fiction. The works that Beethoven accomplished during his life were considered among the most important and finest of his musical masterpieces. Beethoven died in 1827 in Vienna at the age of fifty-seven.

Beethoven's production included nine symphonies, thirty-two piano sonatas, five piano concertos, ten piano and violin sonatas, a series of string music, vocal music, stage music, and many others. And the quality in his music is greater than the quantity, so his music shares the delicate feeling with the artistic perfection in composition and design. Beethoven showed that the compositional music should not be considered secondary music in its importance, and his music raised this music to the highest levels of art.

Beethoven was an original musician, and many of the changes he brought about had lasting effects. He increased the number of the orchestra, increased the length of the symphony, expanded its range by showing the capabilities of the piano, and helped raise the piano to the rank of a highly important musical instrument. Beethoven is considered the transition link between classical music and romantic music. his business. Inspiration for many romantic geniuses.