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Beethoven Biography Essay

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However, Johann van Beethoven was not blind towards his son’s talent. He had only wanted his son to move forward. At the age of seven, Ludwig was already playing public and private concerts. Shortly after he was exposed to people higher on the musical charts like court organist Gilles van den Eeden, singer Tobias Pfeiffer, and violinists Franz Georg Rovantini and Franz Anton Ries.(Prointernet.de | Agentur für Internet und Design. (n.d.). Musical education. ).
Throughout his musical growth, he had gotten to work side by side next to other great instrumentalist or composers. One of them even being Joseph Haydn, Australian composer. (Ludwig Van Beethoven's Biography, n.d.).Even though it was not for a long time, Hayden was Beethoven’s teacher for two years (1792-1794). Beethoven stated, “I did not learn anything from Haydn.”(Elliott, 2013). The problem with having Haydn as a teacher was that he was of the older generation, he would tire out way easier. When Beethoven would go to him about his pieces that he would have written, Haydn would just …show more content…

“He oversaw the transition of music from the Classical style, full of poise and balance, to the Romantic style, characterised by emotion and impact.” (Wight, 2014) The classical period was from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century in which music had “clarity, simplicity and balance.” (Fletcher, 2008) “Classical phrases are short and simple. Classicism also manifests in the chord progressions, instrumentation, and overall form of Classical works.”(Fletcher, 2008) The composition that ultimately made Beethoven the big move into the Romantic period was Fidelio, which was the only opera that he wrote. Fidelio was full of “lyrical drama ” (Duault,2014) and raw emotion. It had differences in pitch and dynamic (louder and softer), it was not all just monotone (sound wise) throughout the whole song, it made

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