Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer and a pianist, He remains one of the most famous and influential of all time. Beethoven had 9 best-known symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets; Beethoven also composed other music, choral works, and songs too. Beethoven was born in Bonn. Beethoven had musical talents at an early age and his first music teacher was his father. Beethoven lived in Vienna until he died. Around the by the last years of his life he was almost totally deaf, so he gave up conducting and performing but still composed music. Beethoven was also marriage in Bonn. Although there is no authentic record of the date of his birth, the registry of his baptism, in a Roman Catholic Parish of St. Regius was on December 17, 1770. Beethoven’s parents had seven kids, but Beethoven was only the second-born. Beethoven began his studies with Christian Gottlob Neefe in 1779. Neefe taught Beethoven composition, and by March 1783 helped him write his first published composition.
March 1787, Beethoven traveled to Vienna planning to study with Mozart, their relationship was/is uncertain we are uncertain whether or they actually met or not. Two months after going to Vienna, Beethoven found out that his mother was very ill, and went back home to be with her. Beethoven’s mother died very soon after being there with her, and his father got deeper into alcoholism. Since Beethoven’s father became an alcoholic he became responsible for the care of his two younger brothers, and he spent the next five years in Bonn and since he had to take care of his bothers, one who had tuberculosis, he was left without any money. In 1789, Beethoven got a legal order, which half of his father's salary was paid directly to...
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...hoven had premieres of his First and Second Symphonies in 1800 and 1803, Beethoven became regarded as one of the most important of a generation of young composers following Haydn and Mozart. He also continued to write in other forms, turning out widely known piano sonatas like the "Pathétique" sonata, which Cooper describes as "surpass any of his previous compositions, in strength of character, depth of emotion, level of originality, and ingenuity of motivic and tonal manipulation." In 1799, he also completed his Septet, which was one of his most popular works during his lifetime. Beethoven hired the Burg theater on April 2, 1800 for his premiere of First Symphony, and arranged for a program of music, which included the First Symphony, and one of his piano concertos. His concert, was said to be “the most interesting concert in a long time.”
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