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 (Biography.com Editors 1).He was baptized on December 17, 1770, in Bonn Germany (Biography.com Editors 1).” He was one of seven children,” only three survived to be adults (“A composer made of fire 1”).His two surviving brothers are Casper and Johann, both younger …show more content…
Johann was brutal when it came to teaching him music; it affected Beethoven for the rest of his life (Biography.com Editors 2).He would get locked into the cellar by his father and starved just for extra hours of practice (Biography.com Editor 2). At six years old, Beethoven played in his first recital (“A composer made of fire”).In 1781, at ten years old; Beethoven dropped out of school to study music full time with Christain Gottlob Neefe, a Court Organist (Biography.com Editor 2).Beethoven was sent to Vienna in 1787 to lengthen his musical development (Biography.com Editor 2). After only a few weeks in Vienna, Beethoven returned home after hearing of his mother’s illness (Biography.com Editor 2), she died from …show more content…
Symptoms of Beethoven’s deafness began around 1796 ( Ludwig Van Beethoven 2).Before he could begin his first symphony, at 28 years old he began to notice his difficulty hearing ( “ A composer made of fire”).He attempted every treatment they had available in Vienna, and in the beginning, there were only periods of deafness ( “ A composer made of fire 2”). In 1801, he finally wrote a letter to one of his friends, Franz Wegler, and confessed to being nearly deaf for the previous two years ( Biography.com Editor 4).Beethoven’s deafness greatly affected how he acted ( Slonimsky 135), making him truly consider taking his own life ( Ludwig Van Beethoven 8). “Deafness was now becoming more and more severe, and by the time he was forty, conversation was only possible by writing messages in notebooks (Woodward 48),” and it was under these conditions that he was still able to continue his creative work (Slonimsky 135).Even with his deafness, he continued to compose music; from 1803-1812 he composed six symphonies, an opera, five string quartets, four solo concerti, seven piano sonatas, six string sonatas, four overtures, five sets of piano variations, two sextets, 72 songs, and four trios ( Biography.com Editors 4). “By the turn of the century, Beethoven struggled to make out the words spoken to him in conversation (Biography.com Editor 4).” Beethoven’s deafness became
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 (Biography.com Editors 1).He was baptized on December 17, 1770, in Bonn Germany (Biography.com Editors 1).” He was one of seven children,” only three survived to be adults (“A composer made of fire 1”).His two surviving brothers are Casper and Johann, both younger …show more content…
Johann was brutal when it came to teaching him music; it affected Beethoven for the rest of his life (Biography.com Editors 2).He would get locked into the cellar by his father and starved just for extra hours of practice (Biography.com Editor 2). At six years old, Beethoven played in his first recital (“A composer made of fire”).In 1781, at ten years old; Beethoven dropped out of school to study music full time with Christain Gottlob Neefe, a Court Organist (Biography.com Editor 2).Beethoven was sent to Vienna in 1787 to lengthen his musical development (Biography.com Editor 2). After only a few weeks in Vienna, Beethoven returned home after hearing of his mother’s illness (Biography.com Editor 2), she died from …show more content…
Symptoms of Beethoven’s deafness began around 1796 ( Ludwig Van Beethoven 2).Before he could begin his first symphony, at 28 years old he began to notice his difficulty hearing ( “ A composer made of fire”).He attempted every treatment they had available in Vienna, and in the beginning, there were only periods of deafness ( “ A composer made of fire 2”). In 1801, he finally wrote a letter to one of his friends, Franz Wegler, and confessed to being nearly deaf for the previous two years ( Biography.com Editor 4).Beethoven’s deafness greatly affected how he acted ( Slonimsky 135), making him truly consider taking his own life ( Ludwig Van Beethoven 8). “Deafness was now becoming more and more severe, and by the time he was forty, conversation was only possible by writing messages in notebooks (Woodward 48),” and it was under these conditions that he was still able to continue his creative work (Slonimsky 135).Even with his deafness, he continued to compose music; from 1803-1812 he composed six symphonies, an opera, five string quartets, four solo concerti, seven piano sonatas, six string sonatas, four overtures, five sets of piano variations, two sextets, 72 songs, and four trios ( Biography.com Editors 4). “By the turn of the century, Beethoven struggled to make out the words spoken to him in conversation (Biography.com Editor 4).” Beethoven’s deafness became