Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 ¨C 26 March 1827)

Beethoven was a world-renowned composer. Born in Germany on December 16, 1770. here not far from the French border, when Beethoven was 19, the French Revolution broke out, bringing Beethoven the ideals of freedom, equality, and virginity. In his youth, he studied the piano. At age 8, he began performing. In 1792 he went to Vienna and was rigorously trained. In 1795 he published his first work, and since then he published a lot of works, involving almost all the musical genres at the time. At age 21, he wrote a song of the song "Free Man", determined to devote himself to the cause of freedom. At age 26, he created three chants. But at that time, he was unfortunately trained in Vienna, and until 1820, his ear was completely lost, which

Beethoven's life was unfortunate. In his teens, he began to bear the financial burden of family life and didn't get married. Died in 1827. However, he left nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, five piano concertos, 16 string quartets and many other ensembles, dance drama overtures and orchestral ensembles to mankind. Except for the first three sonatas, the rest are deaf works. Beethoven gave himself a rule before his death: never write. When he was writing, he forgot his own pain and misfortune. In his works, there is no trace of his own misfortune. French writer romain rolland spoke highly of Beethoven. He said, "I wish all unfortunate people would see a person who is as unfortunate as himself, despite the obstacles of nature, and try his best to become a worthy person..."

Beethoven's most famous symphonies include Hero, Destiny, Pastoral, Chorus, etc. Piano sonatas include Pathos, Moonlight, Enthusiasm, Dedicated to Alice, etc., as well as opera, orchestra, concerto, chamber music and other works. Known as the "hero of music".

Dedicated to Alice by Beethoven.

¡°Struggle for good, love and freedom above all, and even if you forget the throne, don¡¯t forget the truth.¡± ¨C Beethoven, 1792

The story of Beethoven.

childhood

Beethoven's grandfather and father were both court singers. For most of the time, his father was so drunk that he didn't show any kind to his family, and he never even asked whether the family had enough food and clothing. At first, the kind grandfather could save the family from too much suffering; In turn, the musical talent of his eldest grandson also made the old man feel great relief. But when little Beethoven was only four years old, his grandfather died. Beethoven's father often dragged his child to the piano keyboard, let him practice hard there for many hours, and slapped him in the face whenever he played wrong. The neighbors often heard the child fall asleep sobbing from tiredness and pain. Soon, a traveling musician of no level, Feiffre, came to this town and was taken to Beethoven's house. He and old Beethoven often drank outside in a tavern until midnight, then went home and dragged young Ludwig out of bed to start a lesson, which sometimes didn't finish until dawn. In order to make him look like a child prodigy, his father lied about his age. When he was eight years old, he took him out to give a concert as a six-year-old child. But there is no acquired child prodigy in the world. Despite a lot of trouble, old Beethoven never was able to make his son another young Mozart. Compared with Mozart, Beethoven's childhood was too unfortunate. Mozart was well educated in his childhood, and his practice time was pleasant and quiet. He had a loving father and a beloved sister. Beethoven is not the case. Although his performance has won the respect of his hometown people, his worldwide travel performances are far from arousing the amazement of the world like Mozart.

Go my own way

Beethoven didn't want to be the darling of a living room. He would rather be in his own residence, able to go in and out, get up, dress and eat as he pleases. He likes to mind the trivial matters of the room according to his own interests. Once, in order to circulate air and see the scenery outside the window clearly, he actually deliberately cut off a piece of the window. He is always in trouble with the landlords and keeps moving. Whenever he was at the climax of his creation, he always poured basin after basin of water on his head to cool it until it saturated the room downstairs-we can imagine the mood of the landlord and other tenants! Sometimes he moves so often that he doesn't even want to worry about putting the legs of the piano up, but simply sits on the floor and plays it. Since he has to sign a lease every time he rents a new house, specifying the lease term, he often pays rent for four apartments at the same time. This is probably why although he earns a lot of money, he always doesn't have much savings! Beethoven lived a clean life and loved himself. He thought Mozart had really tarnished his image by writing Don Giovanni. Beethoven called Mozart's staccato style a dance at the fingertips.

Deafness of both ears

When he truly felt that his ears were getting dull, he was almost desperate. Life seemed to be worthless to live: for a musician, there was something more unfortunate than not to hear the sweet voice he liked to listen and live by it! At first, only Dr. Wiggler and a few old friends, such as Stephen von Browning, knew his misfortune. He gave up to the palaces to listen to the joyful concerts he loved so much, and he was afraid that people would notice his deafness, thinking that a dumb musician could not write a good work. No! He remembered all the music he wanted to write, ¡®I want to stifle the throat of fate!¡¯

Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827

Beethoven¡¯s mother

Beethoven Publisher Domenico Artaria

Beethoven's former house

The Manuscript of Beethoven.

the stringquartet op. 127

Beethoven's Piano Sonata op.109 (first edition)

Beethoven's Piano Sonata op.111 manuscript (first edition)

Beethoven's 7th Symphony

Beethoven¡¯s Manuscript ¡°Heiligenstadt Testament¡±

Beethoven¡¯s Manuscript: Fifth Violin Sonata (Spring Sonata)

Beethoven's 10th Symphony

Beethoven's Last Page Manuscript