Ludwig van Beethoven and his Moonlight Sonata When discussing the transitional period between Classical and Romantic eras, Ludwig van Beethoven is considered by many to be the one of the most influential and renowned composers of this era. Despite many difficulties in his childhood and adult life, Beethoven still produced many musical masterpieces: nine symphonies, five concertos for piano, one violin concerto, thirty-two piano sonatas and sixteen string quartets. Almost two hundred years later
written report will be the musician Ludwig Van Beethoven. In it I will be exploring the life of Beethoven, expand on two of his pieces, and his style of music. A few questions I will be answering in this paper are what are the events that occurred in Beethoven’s life, what are some of his works, how were some of his pieces composed, what is special about a few of his pieces, and why is he well known in the musical world today. Ludwig Van Beethoven was baptized December 17th, 1770 at Bonn.
shape genre after genre. In classical composition Beethoven is one of the most prevalent. His understanding of the Human Spirit is shown time and time again in his symphonies which are still beloved today. My paper will touch on his early start into music and his family. I will explore his hearing complications and why I feel they were not a burden, but a push towards becoming such a genius in his field. There's not been a composer since Beethoven who hasn't sampled from him or used some of his technique
later after being written in 1899-1900 (Carr, 1998). With the big gap between them, Beethoven was spanning the gap between the late classical and early romantic periods whilst Mahler was a composer from the late romantic period. Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in C minor is one of the most well-known pieces of western classical music (Schauffler, 1933). Beethoven was revolutionary in many ways from changing the third movement in all his symphonies to a scherzo instead of a minuet which Mozart and Haydn used
duo pianos, or various solo instruments, such as violin, piano, flute, and cello with orchestra. Beethoven Cello Sonata in C major Op.102 No.1 It was composed in the summer of 1815 by this time he was almost deaf. The two Op. 102 cello sonatas were the only major works Beethoven wrote that year. More interestingly, it is also a milestone of the start of Beethoven’s “third period.” Brahms Cello Sonata No.2 in F major Op.99 This work is completed after the Fourth Symphony and
The names Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart are synonymous with the Classical period in music. Although each of the three were born in different cities but, their paths eventually did cross. The three composers crossed paths in Vienna Austria where Beethoven was able to travel to due to his popularity and successes as a performer for the wealthy. The trio was responsible for over 91 string quartets, 109 symphonies, many concertos, oratorios, sonatas and operas as part of their broad collection of works
waltz composed by Anton Diabelli. Beethoven wrote out numerous sets of piano variations based on themes by such diverse composers as Dittersdorf, Grétry, Haibel, Mozart, Paisiello etc. (pg 122, cambridge companion). It is one of the longest, most ambitious and greatest works written by Beethoven for piano. He took inspiration from JS Bach's Goldberg Variations. Ultimately, Beethoven reduces the waltz to its basic tonal structure and then re-composes it. Beethoven attempts to create a narrative throughout
but Berlioz had also discovered and created pathways that Beethoven did not explored. Berlioz’s originality shone through this piece and showed his uniqueness and specialness. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in in 1770 in Germany and died in March 26 1827 at the age of 57. He is considered one of the most influential composer as he discovered and opened pathways for the Romantic Period, he did this by writing new ideas into forms
music, Beethoven wasn’t looking to make it a normal length piece of music. The entire piece is about 50 minutes long instead of the usual 20-25 minute symphony. The clarinets and the strings play and are recognized most of the first movement of the song. The Main rhythm of the 5th symphony is repeated over and over throughout the entire piece; using 3 short notes followed by one long note. There is a lot of wild energy and little notes constantly being played throughout the first movement. The 5th
chose to compare the two works of Mozart and Beethoven in different movements above as Mozart usually has the first movement of his symphonies quite striking and likeable whereas Beethoven likes his fourth movement to end heroically and very striking. Therefore I will compare the two works from the two composers mentioned above with relation to their heroic movements. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific composer of the classical era. Ludwig van Beethoven is a German composer and pianist. One of Beethoven’s