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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 (“Ludwig van Beethoven”). Johann van Beethoven worked…

been many people who have shown exceedingly great talent and ability, not only in performing music, but in producing complex, beautiful, or innovative music. Two such composers, living during the Classical period, were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Among other things, Mozart’s natural talent is obvious in the amount of music he composed in around only 30 years and the age at which he began to compose this colossal quantity of music. Beethoven, who lived longer than Mozart,…

In 1839, Breitkopf & Härtel published Robert Schumann’s Fantasie in C major, Op. 17. Schumann conceived the piece in early 1836. The first iteration of Op. 17 was a one movement piece titled Ruines. Ruines was Schumann’s cathartic expression of the fatigue of separation from his love, Clara Wieck. After several alterations of the piece--in the effort to raise funds for a monument to Beethoven--Schumann expanded Ruines to three movements, mulled over a series of titles, and ultimately settled on…

performed for first time in the Theater a der Wien, in Vienna. The reason that Beethoven wrote this is as equally impressive as the beauty it demonstrates. He had begun going deaf, but he thought that people had perfect hearing inspiring him to go ahead and write all the songs that were in his head despite his condition. Basically Beethoven alternated the movements and melodies of the song which make it even more interesting. Its rhythm is captivating and in my opinion the song gets better and…

The Laidlaw Performing Arts Center recital hall of the University of Alabama was converted into a concert hall, during the 2014-2015 Musical Arts Concert Series. This was the 64th concert of the Musical Arts Concert Series. It was held on Monday, 16th March 2015, beginning at 7:30 in the evening. The 240-seat hall was filled to capacity with music lovers who came expecting a good musical experience. The concert was a piano competition, which captured the hearts of the audience and brought both…

five years of age when he began making music. During his lifetime, he wrote numerous sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and few operas for the music industry. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major is his most famous piano concerto. Similarly, Ludvig Van Beethoven is another well known composer, who had given numerous famous piano and violin concertos, ensembles, string quartets, and sonatas to the music industry. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is one of his most eminent symphonies. The Warsaw…

imaginative and convincing that it is heaven on earth. There the soul is integrated with nature and is immersed in peace. This is the French novelist George's praise of the great work in the "travel letter." Beethoven's nine symphonies are great, but one of my favorites is the pastoral symphony. The reason is simple: this piece of music is natural. Beethoven was a pioneer. He perfected and expanded the band, adding the short flute, the bass cello, the trombone and some percussion instruments…

The nineteenth century was a very important time for music, an age often defined by two composers - Ludwig van Beethoven and Gioachino Rossini. These two composers represented and were key to the development of that era’s musical powerhouses, German instrumental music and Italian opera respectively. Despite the composers’ similar importance to their respective genres, Beethoven and Rossini are often viewed as polar opposites with Beethoven reigning as superior; however, the veracity and…

Brahms was a traditionalist and an innovator as referred to by many, and even though he sought to stick to the conformities of his time, he made use of many techniques from past composers such as Beethoven, Bach and Liszt even though many romantic developments were taking place around him. His music therefore can be seen to contain elements of mostly classical and romantic characteristics. The contrast of classical versus romantic can be clearly seen in his symphonies where he compose them in an…

Analysis: Mozart Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1788), first movement There are more questions surrounding Mozart's final three symphonies nos. 39, 40, and 41 or "Jupiter" than answers. Mozart’s Symphony in G minor, K550 “is one of the greatest final trilogies that Mozart composed and the process of composing this piece lasted from six to eight weeks during the summer of 1788”(Heninger, 2003, p.1) Firstly, it was written for “strings, flutes, oboes and bassoons. It is then revised to give…