LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

2. LUDWIG
VAN
BEETHOVEN

3.  He was born in Bonn, in
what is now Germany. When
he was in his early 20s, he
moved to Vienna, Austria,
where he studied with the
great composer
Franz Joseph Haydn and
quickly developed a
reputation as
a brilliant concert pianist.

4. Ludwig van Beethoven was a
German composer and pianist
who lived from 1770 to 1827
(57 years).
Although most of his lifetime took
place during what is technically
considered the Classical period of
musical history, (1750-1820)
Beethoven is usually classified as
a Romantic composer.

5. In fact, Beethoven is credited as
being the one and only composer
who initiated the Romantic
movement in music. He is the
crucial figure in the transition
between the Classical and Romantic
eras in Western classical music, and
remains
one of the most famous
and influential composers of all
time.

6. Today, Beethoven is known as a composer of:
Symphonies (9)
Concertos (5 piano concertos and one for
violin that are among the most famous concertos
for those instruments)
Opera (only one, called "Fidelio“)
Piano Sonatas and other solo piano works (32
sonatas, the cornerstone works of the piano
repertoire)
Chamber Music (string quartets, sonatas for
piano & violin and piano & cello)
Choral Works (particularly the Finale of his
9th Symphony).

7. WHAT IS HIS
GREATEST
CONTRIBUTION?

8.  an elaborate musical
composition for full
orchestra, typically in four
movements, at least one of
which is traditionally in
sonata form.

9. .
- His early music is
strictly in the Classical
style.

10. HIS NINE
SYMPHONIES

11.  His nine symphonies: each of
them being a masterpiece in
itself, all different from each
other, but at the same time,
each one of them representing
a certain stage in the evolution
of the musical symphonic
language of Beethoven.

12. Symphony No. 1: in C major, op. 21
(1799-1800)
Symphony No. 2: in D major, op.36
(1802)
Symphony No. 3: in E flat major,
op.55, also known as “Eroica”, (1804)
Symphony No. 4: in B flat major, op.
60, (1806)

13. Symphony No. 5: in C minor, op.
67 (1807)
Symphony No. 6: in F major, op.
68, also known as „Pastoral”
(1808)
Symphony No. 7: in La major,
op. 92, also known as “The
Apotheosis of Dance”, (1812)

14. Symphony No. 8:in F major,
op.93 also known as “The
Little Symphony”(1812)
Symphony No. 9: with a
choir and soloists, in D
minor, op.125 (1817-1825)

15. - is a piece of music made for a
solo instrument and an orchestra.

16. - An opera (the Italian for ‘work’) is a story told
through words and music. The orchestra plays the
music in the pit under the stage.

17. -is
a sonata written
for a solo piano.

18. - is a form of classical music that is composed for a
small group of instruments—traditionally a group that
could fit in a palace chamber or a large room

19. A choir (/ kwa .ər/) (also known as a chorale or ˈ ɪ
chorus) is a musical ensemble of
singers. Choral music, in turn, is
themusic written specifically for such an
ensemble to perform.