Ludwig van Beethoven is a great German composer whose works are filled with a spirit of struggle and rebellion. Beethoven wrote many of his genius creations after he completely lost his hearing due to illnesses.
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The future great composer was born in December 1770 in Bonn, in the family of a musician of the court chapel. My father wanted to turn Ludwig into a "second Mozart" and forced him to study almost around the clock. The child prodigy did not work out of the boy, but he showed his composing abilities quite early.
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In 1787, the young musician visited Vienna, where he managed to get to know the great Mozart himself, who highly appreciated his talent. Unfortunately, Beethoven did not succeed in becoming a student of Mozart. His mother's serious illness forced him to hastily return to Bonn. There he created a number of works, including several songs, the most famous of which was "Marmot".
Step 3
In November 1972, Beethoven decided to move to Vienna, where he took lessons from many famous composers, including the same Antonio Salieri, who was later unfairly accused of murdering Mozart. At the same time, Beethoven began to actively give concerts as a pianist and quickly gained fame as an amazing virtuoso.
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In Vienna, Beethoven creates his best piano and chamber works, among them - Sonata No. 8 (Pathetique), Sonata No. 14, later famous as the Moonlight Sonata, and the famous Violin Sonata No. 9, better known as the Kreutzer Sonata. …
Step 5
In 1797, Beethoven showed signs of an incurable disease - progressive deafness. Despite this, in 1802 - 1812 he created the greatest symphonic works, filled with the ideas of overcoming suffering and the victory of light principles. They were most vividly embodied in the Third ("Heroic") and Fifth Symphonies, the opera "Fidelio", Sonata No. 23 ("Apassionata").
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In the last decade of the composer's life, his deafness becomes complete, which could not but affect his state of mind. Nevertheless, during this period he manages to create brilliant creations. In 1823, Beethoven completed work on the Solemn Mass, which he himself called his best work.
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A peculiar result of the composer's work was the Ninth Symphony, which ends with a chorus to the words "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller, which he wanted to put to music in his youth. The finale of the symphony is filled with a plea for peace and a passionate denial of war as a universal evil.
Step 8
On the evening when the symphony was first performed, the audience gave the composer an enthusiastic ovation. Beethoven stood with his back to the audience and could not hear it, but one of the singers took him by the hand and made him turn to face the admiring audience.
