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Ludwig van Beethoven
Questions about the famous Classical-Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven, his music and his personal life.
1,178 Questions
When did beethoven start to lose his hearing?
Beethoven's hearing started to lose by his early twenties. By the age of 30, he was completely deaf. Despite of this fact, most of his masterpieces were written after this period.
Possibly. Many Europeans of his time period had some African ancestry due to the Moorish incursion into Spain a century earlier. According to several attempts at Beethoven's biography, it could be discerned that he was born in Bon and that his father, was Flemish. His mother has been said was Moor. In Emil Ludwig's book Beethoven, Ludwig states, "His face reveals no trace of the German." In the Black Research Music Journal, author Dominique-Rene De Lerma committed an entire entry on the black ancestry of Beethoven titled Beethoven as a Black Composer. However, she essentially runs into the same obstacles that the rest of the researchers do. Nevertheless, according to africawithin.com, the famed and respected news magazine Newsweek ran an article, which question racial ancestry in the Sept. 23, 1991, issue, which had this quote, "Afrocentrism ranges over the whole panorama of human history coloring in the faces from Australopithecines to the inventors of mathematics to the great Negro composer Beethoven." In all published works, the only thing about Beethoven that remains constant is that he was a great musician
What is the usual order of classical symphony?
Typically three or four movements. In a four movement composition, the order could look like this:
# allegro # adagio or some other slower style # minuet or scherzo # rondo or allegro
Ludwig van beethoven pictures?
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer who was born around 1770 in Bonn. Some of his most famous works are Fur Elise, Symphony Number 9, Moonlight Sonata, and Ode to Joy. He died on March 26, 1872 at age 56.
Did Haydn teach Beethoven music?
Haydn did not teach Beethoven how to play an instrument, but he did give Beethoven lessons in musical composition. Beethoven struggled with Haydn as a teacher, and the two did not really get along.
What is the subtitle of Beethoven's ninth symphony?
It's known as his "Choral" Symphony, because the last movement uses a choir.
A Sonata is an instrumental piece of music which originated in the Baroque Music Period and continued to develop through the Classical and Romantic eras. Originally it was a short instrumental piece only, but in the 18th century it became an entire musical form which came to be applied to any combination of instruments.
The sonata developed into quite an elaborate piece of music comprised of four movements:
- Allegro, a lively opening movement played at a quick tempo
- The second movement which was at a slower tempo, and which developed out of the Baroque aria da capo
- Minuet and Trio, the third movement, based on the dance suite
- Finale, fast and intense, which would often return a theme from the opening Allegro
Who were the three b's composers?
Johann Sebastian Bach
L. Van Beethoven
Franz Schubert
Richard Wagner
Franz Joseph Hayden
Johanes Brahms
What are some songs that Beethoven wrote?
It is said that his favorite out of all the songs he composed was Ode To Joy.
--Beethoven's favorite piece of music -written by his own hand- is controversial. Various sources (friends of his, pupils, sometimes himself) states various pieces. Though it is understandable to choosing one Beethoven piece is hard even for Beethoven there are some pieces we can be sure he like more than the rest. Such as Missa Solemnis, as somewhat stadet above his Ninth Symphony, Hammerklavier sonata, Opus 131, Opus 130 especially the fifth and sixth (Gro�e Fuge) movements. S.
What did Beethoven's mom die of?
She was only forty years old when she died of tuberculosis. Her grave was rediscovered at the Old Cemetery in Bonn in 1932. She was 17 when she gave birth to Ludwig. He was born in 1770 and she died in 1787. Ludwig van Beethoven was 16, almost 17.
This is one of Beethoven's most popular compositions. This composition is a bagatelle which is a short piece of music, typically for the piano.
What specifically was Ludwig van Beethoven's ethnicity?
Although born in Germany, Beethoven's family originated from Flanders, which had been occupied by Spain for 200 years, with many Moors (North Africans). Contemporaries described the musical genius as having "thick, bristly coal-black hair," a "flat, thick nose," large mouth, and what is described as alternately a "ruddy" or "swarthy" complexion. In the middle of Teutonic Germany and Austria, he must have made a striking, memorable presence.
Beethoven's teacher, Haydn, was often called a "blackamoor." Alexander W. Thayer, one of the foremost authorities on Beethoven says, "Beethoven had even more of the Moor in his features than his master, 'Haydn.'" His features and family's Flanders heritage led him to be known as "the Black Spaniard."
(see http://www.mdcbowen.org/p2/sf/faq068.htm)
It's most likely he was mulatto, but DNA evidence was inconclusive. According to the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25895-2000Oct17
The research team also said that future DNA analysis might answer lingering questions about Beethoven's ethnicity. As a young man, the dark-complexioned Beethoven sometimes was called "the Moor," and some historians have questioned whether he had African blood. Walsh said his analysis of the hair strands showed "no wrinkles or bends" typical among people of African descent, but that more tests may be conducted.
What music period did Ludwig van Beethoven write music in?
Beethoven was fundamentally a classical composer. However there is much debate about whether his later work was classical, or romantic, as he became much more expressive. For this reason, the date that the romantic era began is often debated, between 1810, the year Beethoven's work became romantic style, and 1825, the year he died.
What is the name of Beethoven's ninth symphony?
I remember reading off of an album cover thirty or forty years ago that Beethoven quipped, "The Ninth Symphony has a Story, but no one will ever guess it!"
It is perhaps impertinent to guess, buy mine is that his Ninth is his autobiography..writ large, of course. Beethoven's last string quartets might have been *personal*, as might have other chamber works, famously for example the "Moonlight Sonata", dedicated to an Italian diva, whose name has otherwise been lost, perhaps unfortunately, to history. But there is nothing personal about the Ninth. It is Beethoven imagining the perfection of humanity.
So the last movement, obviously, is death and transfiguration amongst a host of choristers.
Ergo, the first movement is Conception and Birth. In the Twenty-First Century (caps for us, aren't we important?), conception is taken for granted. Indeed, we even have CONTRA-conception. But in 1820, when Beethoven was thinking about Life, Conception was a Pretty Big Mystery. (That also made room for "immaculate conceptions" and other good stuff.) But it was a Big Mystery. So that's the basic idea of the first movement, with maybe labor pains when the tympani enter half-way through, beyond the Mystery of Conception. Then the first movement ends with the power of New Life.
The second movement is Scherzo, Youth, and joyful childhood and adolescence.
The third movement is maturity and old age. Hence the reversal of the classical positions of Scherzo and Adagio.
The last movement, as I have guessed, is Death and Transfiguration.
This all seems very obvious to me, but I'm sure Beethoven would be entertained to hear your interpretation, too.
Comparisons between the musical styles of Beethoven's fifth symphony and Mozart's symphony 40?
It's interesting that this question has been posed, because there is a startling similarity between the beginning of the third movement of the Beethoven and the beginning of the finale of the Mozart. Check it out and you'll see that it's actually the same tune (i. e., the same intervals), only in different keys and rhythms. It involves only the first two measures, and I've heard that Mozart and Beethoven met once and acknowledged the similarity, but it's unknown whether it was intentional (on Beethoven's part, of course) or merely coincidental. Beethoven's 5th came out long after Mozart's death. And there isn't too much similarity in the styles. Mozart's work is essentially Classical and Beethoven's is essentially early Romantic. There really is no comparison.
Did Beethoven invent the piano?
"At a young age. I'm not sure exactly when, but it was before he lost his hearing."
First of all, you clearly know nothing about Beethoven so why are you even attempting to answer a question about him. One simple check on facts clears that up.
Second of all, the answer is more closley answered as: He performed his first concert at the age of seven and did not "make an impression" on the crowd. And started publishing his sonatas at the age of 13, so I would gamble and say he was still learning how to play during this time :)
probably not- just the friends in his head!A
He was a tormented genius, and often had temper problems (probably had multiple personality disorder) but yes, he didhave friends. A tight circle of his closest friends which he trusted and confided in.
Beethovens success is being the most recommended composer from the world and the most popular.
The last movement of a classical symphony?
Last movements from concertos were usually having a fast tempo as in baroque period. A rondo finale was popular in classical period. The next popular form for final movement was sonata form.
To whom did Beethoven make dedicate his 3rd Symphony?
No. 1, 2, and 3 dedicated to Joseph Haydn
No. 4 dedicated to Countess Babette von Keglievicz
No. 5, 6, and 7 - to Countess von Browne
No. 8, 12 - To Prince Carl von Lichnowsky
No. 9. 10, and 11 - to Baron von Braun
No. 13 - to Prince von Lichtenstein
No. 14 - to Countess Julie Guicciardi
No. 15 - to Joseph Edlen von Sonnenfels
No. 21 - to Count von Waldstein
No. 23 - to Count Franz von Brunswick
No. 24 - to Countess Therese von Brunswick
No. 26, 29, and 32 - to Erzherzog Rudolph
No. 27 - to Count Lichnowsky
No. 28 - to Freiinn Dorothea Ertmann
No. 30 - to Ms. Maximiliana Brentano
Sonatas which are not indicated do not have dedications
