Book Report: Ludwig van Beethoven German composer and pianist‚ Ludwig van Beethoven‚ was born December 1770 and spent most of his life in Vienna‚ Austria. His first teacher was his alcoholic father‚ who worked as a musician at the Court of Bonn. Teaching him day and night‚ Ludwig suffered from his father’s harsh and erratic behavior. For a time‚ he and his father played at the Church. As his father’s alcoholism increased‚ Ludwig became the main musician. Beethoven’s talents were discovered
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The Romantics and the Realists Romanticism and Realism are separate artistic periods that overlapped each other for almost a decade‚ and even though they are very different‚ there are similarities as well. Romanticism was an intellectual movement in the arts from 1790s until 1870s. It focused more on the individual‚ unfairness‚ irrational‚ creative‚ emotional‚ and the transcendental. Realism was also an intellectual movement. It began in about 1861 and lasted until 1914 when World War began. Realism
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16‚ 1827 in Germany. Ludwig had piano‚ violin‚ and french horn lessons at the age of six‚ they knew he was going to train in music. Ludwig dropped out of school at age 12 to help the household. He had 6 siblings. At the age of seventeen Ludwig played for Mozart and also took a few lessons. People were very impressed with his music. When he turned 20 he moved to Vienna to study music. He took lessons from Franz Joseph Haydn. His parents were wealthy so he
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Individual Assignment no. 2 Schubert’s Symphony no.8 in B minor‚ also called the Unfinished Symphony‚ deviates from the typical first movement of a Classical symphony in various aspects. Similar to other Classical symphonies‚ the first movement of unfinished symphony adapted sonata form as the skeleton. Despite the use of symphonic sonata form‚ Schubert begins the piece by an 8-bar quiet solo Preface theme which is played by the cellos and double basses in unison. The low registers and softly
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The Romantic Era was an artistic and scholarly evolution‚ which originated in Europe at the end of the 18th century. This era is best known for its emphasis on emotion and individualism. Throughout this time‚ fantasy and mystery took over the arts. Other trends throughout this time were the interest in nature and an interest in the bizarre cultures of the past. The popularity of music was soon growing and evolving. This expansion of music included a greater selection of timbre‚ and a greater use
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of the entire symphony I can sympathize with people who feel the first movement is over played and dull; however‚ I personally feel it is the most important movement because it is where the motive is established and the climax just can’t be beat. Beethoven gives it to the listener up front: the four-note motive upon which the entire symphony is based (short-short-short-long). You can’t help but get chills when a brief pause before the recapitulation
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“The instrumental music of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven forms a peak in the development of tonal music and is one of the crucial evolutionary developments in the history of music as a whole.” ~ Unknown Mozart aside‚ Ludwig van Beethoven is the most famous classical composer of the western world. Beethoven is remembered for his powerful and stormy compositions‚ and for continuing to compose and conduct even after he began to go deaf at age 28. The ominous four-note beginning to
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17‚ 1770 and died on March 26‚ 1827. He was born in Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven’s father was a bad alcoholic and while in his teens‚ his mother passed away and he ended up having to take charge of his household. Beethoven was a slow composer during his time. He was deaf the last ten years of his life‚ which was very unfortunate but it didn’t stop him from his passion. He was never married but he did have a bunch of love affairs. While in Vienna‚ he was
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany. He studied in Vienna under Mozart and Hayden. In Vienna he first made his reputation as a pianist and teacher‚ and he became famous quickly.<br><br>At this time he composed many of his most popular works such as the Fifth symphony‚ the Emperor Concerto‚ the Eroica and Pastoral symphonies‚ and his only opera Fidelio.<br><br>Beethoven developed a completely original style of music‚ reflecting his sufferings and joys. His work forms a peak in the development
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Introduction Music is considered as the “mirror of the soul”. Ever since the dawn of time‚ music has been a part of human life in terms of motivation‚ thinking‚ relieving emotional stress and the like. Classical music‚ the use of different instruments such as the works of the mentors - Vivaldi‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven and Tchaikovsky are some of the greatest composers that man has ever known. In this paper‚ Beethoven and Mozart will be given more preference. In studying and reading about their
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