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Ludwig van Beethoven
Questions about the famous Classical-Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven, his music and his personal life.
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How did Beethoven make his living?
Beethoven was a composer who worked for commission - patrons would pay him to write for them. He also made money by selling many of pieces to multiple publishers; sometimes more than one publisher at a time (which was very frowned upon). he composed many pieces even after becoming deaf at 28 years of age.
How old would Beethoven be if he were alive today?
Beethoven stopped having birthdays in 1827. If he were alive today, he would be 239 years old.
What kind of education did Beethoven receive?
Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Among his musical teachers were his father, Christian Gottlob Meefe and Joseph Haydn though there were others. His school teacher (private tutor) was Johann Albrechtsberger. Though he was not born to nobility, he had the proper learning of his time and place and was well educated.
Was Beethoven born in the classical period?
Yes. He was born in 1770, when CPE Bach, Gluck, Haydn, and Mozart were active.
What was happening when Beethoven was alive?
yes it was ,but sometimes people couldn't understand his music especially in his late period or when he presented something different from what people used to listen to in this time ,but he was a popular composer and was always respected and appreciated even by the aristocracy and many people concidered him to be on of the greatest composers ever ,even when he was alive.
What is the musical texture of Beethoven's symphony 9?
I posted an article on the 9th symphony that has all the information you need in the related links box below.
What music time period did Beethoven live in?
Beethoven began composing music during the Classical era. However, he experimented with greater variety of dynamics, more complex harmonies, the expression of emotion and with extending instruments beyond their previous boundaries, thus ushering in the Romantic Era. Beethoven is regarded as the bridging composer between Classical and Romantic, and he is best known for his Romantic works.
What is are the notes to ode the joy on piano?
I am a flute player myself, and the notes are DDEFFEDC BBCDD C DDEFFEDCBBCDCB FFFFFF CDED C B C F DDEFFEDC BBCDC F B B B B B.
Beethoven was how old when he lost his hearing?
By the time he was 30 years old, he was dealing with the incurable reality of his deafness.
He was also suffering from several ailments related to lead poisoning, which may or may not have caused his deafness.
The popularity of Ludwig Van beethoven is the appeal to the masses as opposed to his more subtle counterparts. His use of minor keys in beautiful sonatas and well timed creshendos in full Orchrestra sesions.
What is Ludwig van Beethoven known for?
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer. He continued to compose music even after he began losing his power to hear when he was 28 years old. Beethoven's Fifth and his Ninth Symphony are two of the best known compositions.
He first performed at the age of seven.
Beethoven went deaf at an early age. It is said that he cut the legs off a piano so he could feel the vibrations of the music so that he could still conduct music. This, however, is not as dramatic as it sounds: many early pianos were made with removable legs so they could be moved between the courts where the musicians played.
Beethoven is generally regarded as the composer who bridged the transition between the Classical and Romantic Eras in music. It was Beethoven's introduction of expressive and passionate dynamics that introduced the Romantic Era.
What were the similarities between Mozart Beethoven and Haydn?
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven all have in common that they are from the classical period. Also, Haydn was Mozart's and Beethoven's teacher. They all could play the piano. They have all worked as a musician in Vienna. Haydn was born in 1732, Mozart 1756, and Beethoven was 1770. Haydn influenced both Mozart and Beethoven. Mozart became good friends with Haydn. Beethoven improved upon the classical music of Mozart and Haydn's time.
because he lost his sense of hearing He was beaten by his father and he thought the woman he loved didn't love him anymore and left. When what the truth is, is that she never got the letter he wrote her when his caraige broke down in the rain and she left thinking he had lost his interest and love for her. She was his "Immortal Beloved"
What was Ludwig Van Beethoven's fathers name?
it was not a good relationship with him and his father because his father would make him play up in the dark cold attic until his lugwing's fingers would blister and bleed.And also his father hated him and his mother loved him .Oh and lugwig van beethoven did not like his father eather
How did Ludwig Van Beethoven's father treat him as a child?
Johann van Beethoven wanted Ludwig to be another young Mozart, but he lacked Leopold Mozarts ability as a teacher.
Beethoven's father was harsh and was always drunk so Ludwig had to take care of his little brother.
What symphony had Beethoven dedicated to Napoleon?
Beethoven composed a variety of music that people recognize worldwide. He wrote nine symphonies. The fifth symphony is very common. The ninth symphony has the ode to joy theme. Beethoven also wrote one opera.
Beethoven also wrote well-known pieces like Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata.
If you listen to a lot of classical music, these titles will be familliar, as well as the music. If you don't listen to a lot of classical music, you may not recognize the titles, but heard the piece, you'd recognize it, but wouldn't know what it was called.
However, the above pieces are not Beethoven's "songs", but his other musical compositions. Beethoven wrote around 80 songs, actually known as "lieder", with piano. These were sensitive pieces, highlighting his truly emotional side. In many ways, some of these songs are seen as almost autobiographical, telling of similar events in Beethoven's own life.
He was also known for writing around the same number of Volkslieder, or folk songs.
Which famous composer taught Beethoven?
His father Johann van Beethoven.
His very first teacher was his father. He was also taught by a court organist Gilies van den Eeden. He was also taught by Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer and Franz Rovantini.
Ludwig van Beethoven composed this piece of music, which you can learn more about from the Web Link to the left.
Also, it is not a song. It is a piano piece. Songs have words and they are sung by a singer.
And the piece was written because it was for his girlfriend Elise, although Beethoven scholars think that the piece was actually called Fur Therese, for Therese, a student of Beethoven's. Some say that he loved her. She denied his proposal, though. he had a bit of cool
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the composer of Fur Elise is Beethoven.
Letters from Beethoven to his friends in 1801 indicate he had begun experiencing ringing (tinnitus) and deafness in his ears for at least the past three years, since around 1797 - 1798, at the age of 26 or 27.
It is believed that lead poisoning caused his deafness, as well as causing his many stomach ailments, and ultimately led to his premature death.
By 1815 (age 44), Beethoven stated that his condition had become "intolerable" and he could no longer perform in public, though he could still compose.
This actually marked a greater depth in Beethoven's compositions. His "Middle" period of composing began shortly after he was beset with deafness. Beethoven's music of this period tended towards large-scale works expressing heroism and struggle. This increased with the "Late" period of Beethoven's career, which covered the final eleven years of his life. During this time, his compositions reflected Beethoven's personal expression in their depth and intensity.
Are there musical elements in Beethovens music?
* an alberti bass * a very prominent form/structure eg - sonata form, ternary form, binary form...etc * even four-bar phrases * a cadence to end a phrase * detailed articulation * not too much use of the lower keyboard * light * playful (especially for Mozart's music)
Beethoven was said to have walked a lot as there were obviously no trains, buses or cars during those times. also, at one time, he walked about 2 miles something just to get to a concert that he had heard of with a organist he very much liked and when it finished, he simply turned around and walked back home! also, he had to get to other places to perform so he would have had to get there as well.
What European country can be associated with Mozart Beethoven Haydn?
The European country associated with the lives of Beethoven Hadyn, and Mozart is Austria. Although Beethoven is German, he spent most of his career in Austria.
What were Beethoven's brothers names?
Ludwig van Beethoven (born aroung the 16th or 17th of December 1770) had five younger siblings, three brothers and two sisters.
His Brothers were:
Caspar Anton Karl (born in April 1774)
Nikkolaus Johann (born in October 1776)
Franz Georg (baptizes on 1781, died 2 years later)
Sisters:
Anna Maria Franziska (baptized on 1774, died 4 years later)
Maria Margaretha (baptized 1786, died 1 year later)
and his older sister: Ludwig Maria(born on 1769 in august, who live for six days)
What is Beethoven most popular music?
um... classical...? In terms of general classifications, Beethoven is seen as transitional composer between the Classical and Romantic periods. Other notables who composed around this time are Haydn and Mozart. In terms of his compositions, that would be a matter of opinion. Certainly his symphonies and sonatas would be at the top of the list.
