Beethoven’s Passion for Music

Beethoven was a German who had a passion for music. He performed his first talent for piano at the age of eight. Beethoven's father was very proud of him and wanted him to pursue a career in music. Beethoven played the piano in a court. He would study Haydn and Mozart. He relocated to Vienna and there he made his mane as a virtuoso pianist. When he was living in Vienna, he started his position in composing. He composed a piece call Pathetique. Also, at this time, his hearing began to go away but those around had no idea about it. Beethoven was known for the classical type of music, but he soon turned to the romantic side of music as started to make that type of music. Beethoven went through an era where he did not put music out because he was refusing to acknowledge his health. He went through depression and was having suicidal thoughts. In 1818, he was considered to be completely deaf. Beethoven transitioned his music. He went from classical to romantic. One of his best-known compositions was the ?Symphony No.3.' He wrote this in the honor of Napoleon. Beethoven found Napoleon as a man with superhuman capabilities. The composition was so unique that no one could ever pin point the exact sounds. He soon renamed the piece Eroica Symphony. It was such an extraordinary piece that everyone found it as one of the best of the entire genre of music. A second composition is ?Symphony No. 5.' It is best known for its first four notes. He started creating this piece in 1804 but had to be delayed for four years because other music had to be released. It was performed by the name of Symphony No. 6 because of how long it was delayed. The last composition is the famous ?Fur Elise.' It was released 40 years after Beethoven's death. Most people think he dedicated this piece to his friend, Therese Malfatti. It was discovered by a German scholar. There are many more compositions. Beethoven's music was a very famous during his time. Everyone around loved every single one of his pieces. Beethoven played many types of different pianos. He played each instrument with care but may be played each instrument too rough. He used Viennese pianos, in which every time he would compose of a new song, he usually breaks the strings. With all the new changes in the pianos, they would be much stronger to handle Beethoven's rough playing. Beethoven's would go so into the song he is playing and loose control. Pianos improving gave him the benefit of playing just as he would like. Before Beethoven went completely deaf, he created his greatest works. He tried to hide his illness from everyone around him. He composed many works before he deaf. When his hearing got worse, he would sit at his piano just to feel the vibration from the instrument. At the beginning of his career, he would use high frequency notes because he could hear them better, but after his hearing got worse, he stopped use those types of notes. He continued to perform after he went deaf, but he would break every piano because he was banging on it so hard in order to hear any type of sound.

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