Ludwig van Beethoven is perhaps one of the most famous composers. Often, Beethoven's name becomes a household name and is used to describe someone's musical genius and ability.
Beethoven's amazing path characterizes this person as a person of great mind, endowed with natural abilities and power. Beethoven's biography combines the sublime and the everyday, the majestic and the low, the grandeur of the spirit and the pressure of circumstances.
This outstanding musician was born on December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn. As you know, the composer began to show musical talent at the age of seven and gave concerts from a young age. Already in the early works of the author, many saw a great musical gift.
Nevertheless, Beethoven did not bother to repeat the biography of Mozart. After studying during his youth, the composer, at the age of seventeen, supported his family and, despite the circumstances, managed to escape to Vienna, where the great Mozart lodged. Arriving in the most musical city in Europe, the composer surprised Mozart with his improvisation and was highly appreciated for his abilities, but under the pressure of circumstances he returned to his native Bonn.
Nevertheless, the composer still managed to return to Vienna, and it was there that Beethoven remained until the end of the century. The Vienna period is the most significant in the work of the composer, it was there that powerful and grandiose creations were written. Although it was there that the composer observed his own devastation, which came with the loss of hearing - the most important feeling for the composer.
Some of Beethoven's most famous works are his sonatas, as well as the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, the First, Second and Third Symphonies, and the ballet The Creations of Prometheus. The opera "Fidelio" became the only one, and the work "Moonlight Sonata" is known to many connoisseurs of music.
The musical genius died on March 26, 1827.
