Beethoven is one of the greatest composers in the world
This man's life was a continuous struggle. First, within your own family. Then with those people who did not believe in him. Then with a cruel disease. But he emerged victorious everywhere. And now the name of Ludwig van Beethoven is written in golden letters in the history of world music.
Beginning of biography: childhood
The future composer was born in 1770. His homeland is Germany, the city of Bonn. The boy received the musical gift by inheritance. Ludwig's grandfather and father served as court singers. Mom had nothing to do with music, but was very caring and gentle to her three sons.
Beethoven's father taught the heir to play the piano and violin. He wanted to make an artist out of him and take him around the cities so that he would earn money for his family with concerts. But his father's upbringing was cruel and harsh.
Ludwig's first performance took place at the age of 8. And at 10 he met his first teacher, Christian Nefe. The training helped Beethoven to write and publish his first compositions at the age of 12.
Youth. First fame
At the age of 17, the young talent went to Vienna to study with the great composer Mozart. And received from him approval and praise. But the study did not take place. Soon a message came about his mother's illness, and Ludwig had to return home.
Beethoven in his youth.
Mom died, and Beethoven began to take care of the growing brothers. He began to give music lessons, at the same time played in the orchestra and did not stop writing new music. Of the youthful works, the song "Marmot" is especially famous. Her words belong to the German poet Goethe.
The young man again went to Vienna, he really wanted to study further. Mozart had already died by that time, so Beethoven began to study with other famous composers.
In this period revealed his gift as a pianist. The audience fell in love with the emotional game of the young performer. Beethoven is considered the first musician in history who managed to earn a living from his performances.
The heyday of creativity and the best writings
Beethoven especially liked to write sonatas. This is the name of the music that is performed by one or more instruments. The whole world knows the piano "Moonlight Sonata". Her composer created when he broke up with his girlfriend. Other famous sonatas are "Appassionata" (meaning "passionate") and Pathetique ("excited").
Beethoven was also a master of symphonies. A symphony is a musical composition for a large orchestra. Only true talent can create such complex music.
The history of the composition of one of the symphonies, the Third, is interesting. First, the author dedicated it to the French commander Napoleon. But later he became disillusioned with him and gave the symphony the name "Heroic".
The play "To Elise" is also loved by listeners and pianists. It was found in the archives of the composer and played in public after his death.
Deafness fight. Last years and death.
At 26, Ludwig began to lose his hearing. This drove him to despair. Deafness meant that he could no longer be a pianist. But she did not take away the possibility of creativity.
Beethoven, with all his passion, began to compose and record the music that he imagined and heard in his head.
Ludwig van Beethoven is a famous composer.
He did this for almost 30 years. He wrote not only works for instruments, but also for voice. And he also processed songs of different peoples of the world in his own way.
When the composer was 54 years old, he created his best and last Symphony No. 9 for orchestra and choir. After its performance, the hall stood up and greeted the author with a long applause.
Beethoven died at age 56 of liver disease. He was escorted to the cemetery by a crowd of 20 thousand people.
Facts from the composer's life
Like many geniuses, this man had a complex and contradictory character. Contemporaries said the following about him:
- Ludwig was by nature an open, noble and cheerful person. But the cruel upbringing of his father and an incurable disease made him gloomy and irritable.
- He could stop playing and leave if the audience was talking.
- Beethoven considered all people equal and did not tolerate injustice. He loved his friends very much and always helped them in any way he could. And friends supported him in the most difficult years.
- The composer did not have his own family: he did not have a wife and children.
- For half his life, Beethoven communicated with people with the help of "conversational books". He wrote questions, he wrote answers. There were about 400 such books. Some of them have been published, and we can better understand the composer's thoughts.
Legacy and memory
The master left us great works in different genres and for many instruments. Among them are 9 symphonies, 7 concerts, opera, 48 sonatas, church works, musical plays and songs. They are performed by the best orchestras and musicians.
Monument to the composer in his native Bonn on Munsterplatz.
There are about a hundred monuments to Beethoven in the world. There is a museum named after him in Bonn. The annual Beethovenfest festival is also held there.
When the best examples of earthly culture were sent into space, they also included excerpts from Beethoven's music.