Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
A Musical Genius Who Perservered
Beethoven is a name almost everyone recognizes throughout the world despite their age, location, or culture. What makes this man's music stand out so clearly in our minds? Even young children can hum out some of his best loved tunes like the 5th Symphony, Fur Elise, or Moonlight Sonata almost two centuries after his death. How does his music transcend the generations making modern musicians embrace his compositions and style? This gentleman lived through one of the toughest things for a music...

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven, a titanic German composer of the Classical and Romantic eras
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was probably the greatest of all classical musicians of all time. His passionate and fiery music continues to inspire people across the world. He began to play in public when he was 22 years old. In 1796 he went to Berlin to play before the King. He was almost 30 years old when he wrote his first symphony (the great "C Major"). His works include nine symphonies, plus many piano sonatas, string quartets, and piano concertos, as well as a violin concerto, and...

Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto: The Emperor
Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto The Emperor, leaving the best till last
This moving and powerful piece of music had audiences on their feet when it was first performed in November 1811. It was played at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, by Friedrich Schneider. I first heard when I was in my thirties. It's amazing to think that I had been playing the piano since the age of 4 and my mother was a music teacher, I'd studied music at school and I'd never heard it before then. As soon a I heard it I fell in love with it. Like many people I guess I think the second movement i...

Ludwig van Beethoven ♬
Beethoven lived and worked 1770 - 1827
What do you think about when you hear the name: Beethoven? Many of us think about the crule ending of his life when he was completely deaf. Others may think about the V-sign during World War two. The V in morse is short short short long - like the 5th famous symphoni! But there is much more to be told about this outstanding musician. Beethoven's compositional career is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Late periods. In this scheme, his early period is taken to last until about 1802, th...