Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous German composer and pianist born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He is considered one of the most influential composers in the history of Western music. Some of his most famous works include his 5th Symphony, his Moonlight Sonata, his 9th Symphony, and his 5 Piano Concertos. Beethoven went deaf later in his life but continued composing some of his most famous works during this time. He helped transition music from the Classical period to the Romantic era and was influential for composers that followed.

1. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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2. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
was a German composer and pianist.
Beethoven remains one of the most
admired composers in the history of
Western music; his works rank amongst
the most performed of the classical
music repertoire. His works span the
transition from the classical period to
the romantic era in classical music. His
career has conventionally been divided
into early, middle, and late periods.

3. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in
Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770,
Baptized on December 17, 1770 and
Died at the age of 56 on March 26, 1827
on Vienna.
Beethoven was the eldest surviving
child of Johann and Maria Magdalena
van Beethoven. The family was
Flemish in origin and can be traced
back to Malines. It was Beethoven’s
grandfather who had first settled in
Bonn when he became a singer in the
choir of the archbishop-elector of
Cologne.
By age 11 Beethoven had to leave
school; at 18 he was the breadwinner
of the family

4. His personal life was marked by a
heroic struggle against enchroaching
deafness, and some of his important
works were composed during the last
10 years of his life when he was quite
unable to hear. In an age that saw the
decline of court and church patronage
he not only maintain himself from the
sale and publication of his works but
also the first musician to recieve a
salary with no duties other than to
compose how and when he felt
inclined

5. Though not himself a Romantic, he
became the fountainhead of much
that characterized the work of the
Romantics who followed him,
especially in his ideal of program or
illustrative music, which he defined in
connection with his Sixth (Pastoral)
Symphony as “more an expression of
emotion than painting.” In musical
form he was a considerable innovator,
widening the scope of sonata,
symphony, concerto, and quarte,
while in the Ninth Symphony he
combined the worlds of vocal and
instrumental music in a manner
never before attempted.

6. TOP 5 FAMOUS WORKS OF
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

7. 1. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op.
55
Written around 1803 it is
one of the most important
works of musical history
since it is considered the
birth of musical
romanticism. Most known
by the name of the Heroic
Symphony was originally
dedicated to Napoleón
Bonaparte, although later
the Beethoven annulled the
dedication. The second
movement, Funeral March
(Adagio assai) is a true
work of art.

8. 2. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Possibly the most
famous symphony in all
history known as the call
of destiny, released on
December 22, 1808
along with other relevant
compositions of the
composer such as his
sixth symphony, his
choral fantasy or his
piano concert Nº 4.

9. 3. Moonlight Sonata, No. 14 Op. 27
The piece was
completed in 1801,
published the following
year, and premiered by
the composer himself,
whose hearing was still
adequate but already
deteriorating at the time.
Beethoven dedicated the
work to Countess
Giulietta Guicciardi, a 16-
year-old aristocrat who
was his student for a
short time.

10. 4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
“Coral”.
The last symphony of the
composer of Bonn,
completed in 1824, three
years before his death, is
possibly the musical
work with more
transcendence of history
and has become a hymn
to the freedom of
peoples. His last
movement with choral
form is an authentic
novelty in the music of
the time.

11. 5. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op.
73
In 1811 the 5th and last
piano concerto popularly
known as the Emperor’s
Concert was writen by
Beethoven. It is divided
into three movements:
Allegro, Adagio a little
mosso, Rondo – Allegro
ma non troppo.

12. We all like a tipple, but Beethoven may have been
more partial to a pint than most. He was once
arrested for being a tramp by an unsuspecting
policeman who didn’t recognise him! After his
death in 1827, his autopsy revealed a shrunken
liver due to cirrhosis.
Just like Beethoven's birth, his last words are also
a bit of a mystery. It's often thought his last words
are also a bit of a mystery. It's often thought his
last words were 'applaud friends, the comedy is
ended' (in latin!) but his parting gift to the world
was far less cerebral. After a publisher bought
Beethoven 12 boottles of wine as a gift, the dying
composer's final words were: 'Pity, pity, too late!'

13. REFERRENCES
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven
Livement.com
https://famousworks.com/music/Luwig-van-beethoven
https://www.britannica.com/moonlight.sonata/Ludwig-van-Beethoven

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