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 Beethoven and the greatness of his Music.
This was Beethoven's time.
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His Music
It was with Beethoven that music became unpredictable. While the music of Bach,Haydn and Mozart contain formal conventions of the Baroque and Classical formats with certain restrain and elegance; Beethoven wanted to express music that could no longer contained these conventions.
He became the first of music's revolutionary in what, significantly became on age of revolution. His music sought to illuminate the essence of human spirit, in a way that had not been attempted before. With an intellectual courage and artistic confidence, Beethoven began to explore new and for the period---radical forms of expression.
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His achievements
Beethoven's muscial achievements are too many; but it is important to mention his 9 symphonies, 16 quartets, 32 piano sonatas and his concertos. His Missa Solemnis are marvelous to listen to. Beethoven wrote only 1 Opera : Fidelio.
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-zoe-
05-Nov-06, 01:21
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Heiligenstadt testament
This is one sentence from his testament, well known as Heiligenstadt testament, that shows how great man he was, I like this sentence very much:
"...Divine One, thou seest me inmost soul, thou knowest that therein dwells the love of mankind and the desire to do good...".
I like to play his piano sonatas, and listen his symphonies... powerfull music indeed..
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The Inmortal Beloved
For many years people have asked who was Beethoven's Inmortal Beloved.
His letter written to her, is an emotional and poetic piece of writing!
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-zoe-
06-Nov-06, 23:37
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Link
here is a great link about Beethoven, i have found it yesteday....
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Very good
Very good information Zrinka. Thank you my friend>>
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Young Beethoven meets Mozart and Haydn
Young Ludwig met from Haydn in 1792 for lessons, but it did not last long this connection. Years before, in 1787 Beethoven went to Vienna for the first time to receive lessons from Mozart. It was a brief relationship, due to Beethoven's mother illness, he had to return to Bonn. However Mozart impress on Beethoven's potential, having heard him improvising on the piano: "Watch him, he remarked. Some day the world will talk about him."
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The 9 Symphonies
The nine symphonies of Beethoven constitute one of the pillars of Western Art. In the first two, the Composer seems to be flexing his creative muscles. The music is genial and exhuberant. But neither prepares the listener for the impact of the Third Symphony, THE EROICA of 1802. There is a liberation of musical chains, embodied in the leaping chord which open the work. Something remarkable has been unleashed.
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Napoleon and Symphony 3
Symphony 3 was originaaly dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, who Beethoven saw his idealism of equality and freedom. However Beethoven felt dissapointed when Napoleon took the title of Emperor; later Beethoven on angry reaction scratch out the dedication title on the main page of the score.
The elation of the first movement of the EROICA is followed by a funeral march, which is intense and grandeur.
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Symphony nr. 5 and The most famous 4 notes
Robert Scummann described the Fourth symphony as "a slender Grecian between two Nordic Giants. The Giants being the Third and the Fifth symphonies.
The Fifth Symphony is tautly constructed first movement is noteworthy for being derived from one succint four-note motif, arguably the most famous four notes in all music: The opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
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The Seventh Symphony and Symphony 8
Composed in 1811-1812 was described by Wagner as "the apotheosis of the dance". Also he completed number 8 and the his last Violin Sonata, nr 10. He meet Goethe at a spa in Bohemia, Teplitz.
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Beethoven as a Pianist
His public performance as a pianist was in 1815. In the same year he also composed two Cello Sonatas, and his brother Karl died.
In 1817, his first sketches for the 9th symphony.
In 1818, Beethoven composed the Hammerklavier Sonata.
In 1820 he composed his last piano Sonatas, the trypich of p 109, Op110 and Op 111.
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pagodapanicdog
15-Jul-07, 20:53
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the legacy of Beethoven
He popularized the notion of the composer creating music as a expresion of the individual. Previously music was created for the listener. With Beethoven, and subsequent composers, it was acceptable for the composer to create music as an expresion of the individual, and if it was appreciated by the listerner or not, was intended to be art in its own right. Even if Beethoven hadnt done this, someone would have, and the other arts were doing the same. Oddly enough eventually it seems that music and other arts headed to such extremes along that line, that some of it seemed only to be able to be appreciated the the creators themselves! For example, how much can one really enjoy some of Shoenbergs atonal or serial music? Intriguing , and brilliant as those works may be, they are tough to enjoy on anything other than an intelectual level.There are other forms of art that also just seem to push the envelope of whats art or not. I dont lack respect for the efforts, but for my personal enjoyment I really only need art that is intended to have some sort of approachability.
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Romanticism
His music was the epitome of the Romantic movement !
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lovin da Beethmeister
Symphony No 7 was my first ever time, and still one of my favourite. I heard it on a film called Zardoz, starring Sean Connery, lol!
mixturtle.com
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The Seventh Symphony
The first movement is an overwhelming music!
On the movie "Mr Holland Opus"; Richard Dreyfus is sharing with his music students this particular movement on explaining how Beethoven's music was so great, despite his deafness.
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Overwhelming indeed
I was obsessed by the piece as a young man. Trouble is, it is forever associated with big floaty ugly heeds in the sky
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Most famous
Beethoven is indeed the most famous Composer of all time !
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hebrit
06-Aug-10, 11:04
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Beethoven number 1
I agree, rilke, that Beethoven was one of the greatest. I put Mozart and Wagner above him, but that's about it.
You have to start with Beethoven if you want to know if you will like classical music.
If you do not like him, you should try something else, like country music.
But then, I kind of like some good old country music also.
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hebrit
08-Aug-10, 07:15
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Beethoven and the piano
Beethoven was actually foremost a pianist in his early years. He was renowned as a formidable virtuoso, using great force (he may have broken a few pianos in the process). At the time of his youth, the transition was being made from the pianoforte to the modern piano we know. The pianoforte was not able of such dynamics as the modern piano. Beethoven was one of those who, in their works for the modern piano, assured its predominance.
He preferred composition, and later, was handicaped by his deafness, so his virtuoso career ended.
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hebrit
08-Aug-10, 07:32
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Reply to pagodapanicdog
(what a name, you must have good stuff)!
I only agree partly on what you say about Beethoven writing music for himself. I have read some accounts about what Beethoven really wanted to do. It is true he was a revolutionary in a sense, and wanted to write music the way he saw it (and he really ran into bad reviews by critics), but I think he knew that one day people would appreciate his music. So maybe he was actually writing not for himself but for the future generations. That can be viewed as pedantic, but I guess he knew what he was worth.
I totally agree with what you say about Schoenberg and the accessibility of music, or any form of art. Maybe Schoenberg thought as Beethoven did : 'one day they will like my music'. Seems he was wrong, as far as the general public is concerned. It is unfortunate his ideas had such a big impact on classical composers, but it seems things are now changing in the classical world, and you don't have to write serial music to be appreciated.
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hebrit
08-Aug-10, 07:52
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Reply to pagoda... (addenda)
... and you don't have to write serial music to be appreciated by the intelligenzia.
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hebrit
09-Aug-10, 09:43
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Self-reply to the reply to pagoda...
Come to think of it, you are probably right. Beethoven was writing for himself, hoping the future generations would like it, but since what he wrote was so powerful, it changed the way people appreciated music.
Did his genius then change the way music was going? What would music have been without him?
It is a reflexion that can be made on all great geniuses in any field : are they great because they simply made great things or because what they made changed the way people saw the world?
TO pagoda... I hope you don't mind if I simply call you pagoda. Or am I being too intimate?
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Beethoven's last Stings Quartets
His last five string quartets are one of the greatest musical compositions ever written.
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hebrit
31-Aug-10, 12:31
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Beethoven string quartets
I still find the last quartets hard to digest. But I am not fond of the genre of the string quartet. Seems to me it lacks a piano. Chamber music with a piano is what I prefer.
But, intellectually, I can understand these are great works, but only intellectually; there is something missing. The something I can find in the last sonatas. And the Archduke trio, the masterpiece of masterpieces.
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Moonlight and Pathetique
His two famous and beloved piano sonatas.
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Piano Sonata 11 in Bb
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His fame and his music will last forever !!!
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He altered the scenery of classical music everlastingly.
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