Ludwig Van Beethoven Research Papers

Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Cologne, a region of the Holy Roman Empire. Beethoven was born into a family of music, with his father being a court singer and his grandfather being an extremely successful musician, thus bringing motivation to young Beethoven. His father Johann, however, was also known for his alcoholism and there were multiple reports from neighbors that his father rigorously taught him music, beating him for any mistake or fault. Almost everyday, he would be locked in a room, in need of sleep but instead was forced to stay up and keep practicing. In spite of his father’s horrific and unacceptable methods, Ludwig became a young talented prodigy and performed at his first recital when he was seven, yet …show more content…
Neefe then introduced Beethoven to Bach, inspiring Beethoven to write his first composition of piano variants. Shortly after, Ludwig’s father began to become extremely ill from his alcoholism, no longer able to provide for the family so young Beethoven took the initiative to get a job with court regardless of his young age and became the provider for his family. On March 29, 1795, Beethoven made his long awaited public debut in Vienna as a piano concerti and it was critical to his musical success as well as his financial success. While Beethoven began to create success for himself, he struggled to come to terms with the fact that he was in fact going deaf. Despite going deaf, Beethoven progressed rapidly in his works and began the almost unmatched period at the beginning of the 1800’s in his lifetime where he composed many astonishing works. Although extremely successful, Ludwig suffered from a miserable adult life of loneliness. In 1824, Beethoven composed his Ninth and final symphony of which remains one of his greatest accomplishments and includes “Ode to Joy” which is the famous choral