tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36374876113596899402024-02-19T07:41:36.490-08:00The Life and Times of Ludwig van Beethovenroshstrokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05846233023424775862noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637487611359689940.post-44750748265939771892013-08-28T05:40:00.003-07:002013-08-28T05:40:43.685-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 44pt;">The Life and Times of Ludwig van Beethoven</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 32pt;">•</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span>•<span style="font-family: Georgia;">His family, in particular his father, was hoping he would be the next great child prodigy like Mozart was. </span><br />•<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Much to the disappointment of his father, Beethoven was not to be the next famous child prodigy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 32pt;">•</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">A young Beethoven decided to move to Vienna, Austria to study music with Franz Joseph Haydn.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">•<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Beethoven earned his living composing and teaching music lessons. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While still a young man, Beethoven noticed he was losing his hearing. He became rather depressed and wrote a compelling letter about his situation called the <span style="font-style: italic;">Heiglnstadt</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Testament.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Eventually Beethoven was able to find ways to deal with his deafness and would compose some of his greatest works. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some attribute this new found look on life to him falling in love.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 28pt;"> </span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #4c1130;">IMMORTAL BELOVED </span></i></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 28pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">“</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">My angel, my all, my very self - a few words only today, and </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic;">in pencil (</span><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic;">thine</span><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic;">). Why such profound sorrow when necessity<br />speaks? Can our love endure but through sacrifice - but through<br />not demanding all - canst thou alter it that thou art not wholly<br />mine, I not wholly </span><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic;">thine</span></span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic;">?”</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 28pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 32pt;">•</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">In his older age Beethoven was known to be a grumpy old man. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">•<span style="font-family: Georgia;">He would be rude to people on the street and then a few days later write them a note of apology. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">•<span style="font-family: Georgia;">He was also considered to be a living legend.</span></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.38in;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Beethoven composed in several musical genres and for a variety of instrument combinations. His works for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_orchestra" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Symphony orchestra">symphony orchestra</a> include nine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Symphony">symphonies</a> (the Ninth Symphony includes a chorus), and about a dozen pieces of "occasional" music. He wrote seven <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Concerto">concerti</a> for one or more soloists and orchestra, as well as four shorter works that include soloists accompanied by orchestra. His only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Opera">opera</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Fidelio">Fidelio</a>; other vocal works with orchestral accompaniment include two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(music)" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Mass (music)">masses</a> and a number of shorter works.</span></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.38in;"><span style="font-size: large;">His large body of compositions for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Piano">piano</a> includes 32 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_sonata" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Piano sonata">piano sonatas</a> and numerous shorter pieces, including arrangements of some of his other works. Works with piano accompaniment include 10 violin sonatas, 5 cello sonatas, and a sonata for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_horn" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="French horn">French horn</a>, as well as numerous <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieder" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Lieder">lieder</a>.</span></i></div>
<i><i style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.38in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beethoven also wrote a significant quantity of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_music" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Chamber music">chamber music</a>. In addition to 16 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_quartet" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="String quartet">string quartets</a>, he wrote five works for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_quintet" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="String quintet">string quintet</a>, seven for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_trio" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Piano trio">piano trio</a>, five for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_trio" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="String trio">string trio</a>, and more than a dozen works for various combinations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_instrument" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Wind instrument">wind instruments</a>.</span></i></i></span></h4>
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