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    Frank A. Clark that Ludwig van Beethoven can most likely agree to. Throughout his life, Beethoven wasn’t dealt the easiest hand and he was able to overcome this in order to become the success he is known as today. In turn, some may claim that Beethoven would have made it “farther” in life if it wasn’t for these “distractions”; however, without these “distractions, or obstacles, Beethoven wouldn’t have lived the life that he did or fulfilled his legacy the way he did. Throughout Beethoven’s childhood, he was faced with challenges that many don’t seem to recognize. Beethoven was born on December 16th, 1770 in the city of Bonn, which is now known as Germany, to Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. His parents weren’t the…

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    Beethoven Research Paper

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    His full name was Ludwig van Beethoven. He was born December 1770 His parents names where mama Magdalena Keverich and Johann Van Beethoven . He was one of eight children. His siblings were 3 sisters and 4 brothers. His sisters names were Ludwig Maria Van, Anna Maria Francisca Van, and Maria Margarita Van Beethoven. His brothers were Kaspar Anton Karl Van, Nikolaus Johann Van, Johann Peter Anton Leym, and Franz Georg Beethoven. Beethoven stated that he had an unhappy childhood. Beethoven…

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    Beethoven had a traumatic childhood even if he grew up surrounded by music. Ludwig van Beethoven was born around December 16, 1770, and baptized on December 17 in Bonn, located in the now-nonexistent Electorate of Cologne (“Ludwig van Beethoven”). His parents, Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, had to bury two children before Ludwig, and celebrated his successful birth. Maria bore Johann two more sons after Ludwig: Caspar Carl, born in 1774 and Nickolaus Johann, born in 1776…

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was an amazing composer in the late 1700s to early 1800s composing 9 symphonies in his lifetime. Beethoven was only a small child when his father introduced him to music. In the time in between the birth of his two little brothers, his father introduced him to music. Beethoven’s First Symphony was composed in the year 1799-1800 and was released later that year in 1800. In the next few years Beethoven created his 2nd Symphony in the years 1801-1802. At the time he was…

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    When I received this assignment I automatically knew that I would choose between Ludwig Van Beethoven or Johann Sebastian Bch. Both very great composer with very great works of music, but my composer of choice is going to be Ludwig Van Beethoven. Beethoven’s piece of music composed that I choose as well is The Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn, the Capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire. Still to this day there is uncertainty of the…

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    Luwig Van Beethoven

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    Ludwig van Beethoven, known as Beethoven, has been counted as one of the most extraordinary music composers and pianist of all time. Many people praise his work, but only a few people wonder how his journey began. Johann Beethoven, father of Luwig van Beethoven, was the most influential reason his son took an interest in music. As Johann practiced with his son day and night, he quickly realized Luwig van was more talented than the average child. At the age of 7, Ludwig van Beethoven achieved…

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    Beethoven Biography Essay

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    Ludwig Van Beethoven was a great German composer and musical figure during the period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He was born on or about December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne, to mother Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and father Johann van Beethoven. His real birth date in unknown but he was baptized on December 17, 1770 and by law and custom babies were baptized within 24 hours of birth so it was assumed that he was born on December 16. He himself…

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    Ludwig Van Beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven was a man filled with loathe from a scarring childhood, loosing what he used most, doing what he loved, with the life he lived and the legacy he left. Beethoven had a very scarring childhood that sculpted the way he lived for the rest of his life. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 15, 1772 (Slonimsky 134) to a tiny- framed woman named Maria Magdalena Van Beethoven (Biography.com Editors 1), and an alcoholic named Johann Van Beethoven…

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    Caitlin Williams LV.3 Words : 907 Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and a pianist. He was born in Bonn , Beethoven portrayed his musical talents at a very early age and was taught by his father, Johann van Beethoven. when he was 21 he moved to Vienna, where he started studying composition as well as gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to worsen, and by the last decade of his life he…

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    Bach Chorale Cantata

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    CANTATA In music, a chorale cantata is a sacred composition for voices and instruments, principally from the German Baroque era, in which the organizing principle is the words and music to a chorale. Usually, a chorale cantata is in multiple movements or parts. Most chorale cantatas were written between approximately 1650 and 1750. By far the most famous is by J. S. Bach, especially the cantatas composed in his second annual cycle of cantatas started in Leipzig in 1724. The dates of the…

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