Beethoven Eethovens Accomplishments

In 1854 a composer by the name of Peter Cornelius coined and expression within the modern English langue to derive one at the trifecta that was the 3 B’s of music composition. Later in the century conductor Hans Von Bulow replaced composer Hector Beriloz with Johannes Brahms, giving us the now widely known Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms. Though these composers are now in history as some of the greatest intellectual minds in the eyes of music composition, they did not all start that way. In fact many had to work their way from the bottom of poverty, to reach their fortune. Even though most mention all three composers in sequence, it is hard not to put most of your academic focus on Beethoven and Brahms, whom

Born Oldest of three, Beethoven was often flogged, locked in the cellar and deprived of sleep for extra hours of practice. His father lacked musical ability, and upon seeing young Amadeus Mozart, believed that his son would be a musical prodigy from a young age. On march 26, 1778 Beethoven at the age of 7 played his first public recital, while at the same time attending a Latin grade school of the name Tirocinium. It has been Hypothesized that Beethoven had mild dyslexia, for he often struggled with spelling and mathematics. By the age of 10, Beethoven with drew from school and studied music full time. In 1784 Beethoven’s fathers alcoholism grew worse, causing Beethoven the formally request an official appointment as Assistant Court Organist. Though he was good at playing the organ, the court decided to send him to Vienna to study under Mozart. Upon his arrival it was said that Mozart told his men “Keep your eyes on him; some day he will give the world something to talk

Born May 7, 1833 to Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen and Johann Jakob Brahms, Johannes Brahms was the second of three children. His father was a double bassist in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, and thus started his son playing piano at the age of seven. The time of his teen years Brahms was an accomplished musician and would use his talent to earn money to ease his family’s financial conditions. In 1853, Brahms was introduced to famous composer Robert Schumann. Though he became quickly known to the world, his music stood at a cross road. After the death of Schumann Brahms made his first trip to Vienna, where he was named Singakademie. His musical composition work slowly continued to progress, brining in new techniques and old compositional ideas that he saw from Beethoven and Mozart. Following the death of his mother in 1868, Brahms finished “a German Requiem” which is often cited as one of the most important choir music in the 19th century. Brahms never married, however he went on to have a string of relationships and love affairs with some married women. Brahms remained in Vienna the rest of his life, often traveling extensively through Europe for concerts and academic enrichment. The last few years of his life, Braham was said to have lived well, his music had sold well, and he was far from flamboyant, living a frugal life in his simple apartment. Braham passed