Ludwig van Beethoven is considered the key figure of the Western classical music in a period between classicism and romanticism. Beethoven still remains one of the most performed and revered composers in the world. An unsurpassed master of sonatas, he nonetheless wrote in all the musical genres that existed in that time, including opera, ballet, music for dramatic plays, choral composition and so on. It is important to emphasize that Ludwig was a difficult human with complex nature and a truly tragic fate that influenced his musical works, and which is reflected in his immortal compositions. Consequently, let's look at the biography of this composer, emphasize the important stages of his life, and analyze the formation and evolving of his musical …show more content…
Ludwig was born in 1770 and his childhood, spent in Bonn, can be called really difficult. Ludwig's father was a rude and despotic person who, noticing his son's musical talent, decided to use it for personal purposes, forcing little Ludwig to play the harpsichord day by day. So, as a result, already at the age of eight, Beethoven earned his first money, playing in small public concerts, and by the age of twelve, the boy was freely playing the violin and organ. As a musician, his first job was as a bass singer working in the Elector of Cologne Court and by 1761 he was made the director of music.("Beethoven Biography - History Of Ludwig Van Beethoven") In Bonn, Beethoven wrote a set of large and small compositions: 2 cantatas for soloists, choir, and orchestra, 3 piano quartets, several piano sonatas. Most of Bonn's works of Ludwig is also composed of variations and songs intended for amateur performance, for example, Marmot, Elegy on the death of a poodle, which contained a kind of prototype of the future theme from The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125. However, even despite such a productivity of his youthful work, Beethoven understood that he needed to study and develop his composing