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[|audacity.mp3][|beethoven audacity.aup][|beethoven audacity.aup] Beethoven was a German composer and pianist and is known as one of the best of all time. He was born on December 16, 1770 in Cologne and moved to Vienna in his 20's when he started to become deaf in both ears. . Although this was a setback, Beethoven continued to create wonderful and amazing masterpieces. Beethoven was one of three brothers who didn't die at birth. Beetohven was named after his grandfather (Ludwig) who was also a composer and musician of Roman Catholic Decent. His first music teacher was his father and a harsh one at that. This is when he started to study how to play the piano, viola, and organ. His first real music teacher was [|Christian Gottlob Neefe] who was the courts organist. He was widly recognized as a young prodigy and was sent to Vienna to hopefully study with Wolfgang Mozart before he died. In 1792, Beethoven started to work with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri who helped him with his works. Beethoven became widly known around Vienna not only as a great musician but also as a pleasure to be around. Beethoven supported himself by his concerts and sales of his works. Some of his most famous works had come from around the years 1802-1808. This is where he made his 3rd and 5th symphony's and other numerous significant works that defined the generation of classical music. Around 1796 is when Betthoven began to lose his hearing. This impacted him greatly, the girst time he played his ninth symphony in front of a crowd he had to be turned around to see how big of an applause he had because he couldn't hear it. Although this was a major setback for a composer of music, Beethoven experimented with things to better his understanding of the music. He would attach a rod to the piano that connected to his jaw so when he played he could feel the vibrations and have at least a sense of what the music sounded like. As a result of his deafness, Beethovens life had turned into turmoil. He thought many times of suicide due to his deafness, his bipolar disorder which he attained later in his life, and several joint pains. Beethoven had a love life if you can believe that. He never was married but was engaged to one inparticular woman, Giulietta Guiccardi, who he loved very much but it eventually wore off. There are several documents stating a handful of other women he had been with in his life. There was a halt to Beethovens works in 1815 as the result of the death of his brother. He stopped, trying to win the custody of his nephew. The attempt was a success but Karl (the nephew) attempted suicide a week later because he hated Beethoven. Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 due to lead poisoning he had been suffering from earlier in his life. Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time and is one of the 3 b's in composers that include Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms. He has influenced classical music as we know it today and created some of the best known riffs of music all together. He made symphonies, piano sonatas, and string quartets. Beethoven may be known as one of the best composers of the 18th and 19th centuries if not one of the most recognized people in music over history. He has composed several famous pieces including one of the best recognized pieces, his ninth symphony which is an ode to humanity and humans in general. His ninth symphony has been in countless movies. Beethovens life has been depicted in several television and movie titles that have won emmy and grammy awards including "Beethoven lives upstairs" that won an emmy in 1992. Overall, Beethoven has been a great influence not only in classical music but also of music in general that has led to rock n roll and other gebres of music. He worked to expand on the works of other famous composers such as Hayd and Mozart who were considered to be the best of all time right until Beethoven came into the scene.

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Ludwig Von Beethoven was a vey inspirational classical composer of the 18th and 19th centuries who greatly influenced music as we knowit today. He was born in present day Cologne and moved to Vienna in Italy where he studied and ceated most of his works and masterpieces. He mainly focused on the organ, piano, and viola in the early stages of his studies. When he arrived in Vienna he was known as a young prodigy and was hoping to study with Wolfgang Mozart who was considered the best composer of his time. His first teacher that began to teach him music was his dad who Beethoven hated which is one of the reasons why he left Cologne for Vienna. His dad was a very strict teacher who wanted nothing but Beethoven to be a star so he constantly pushed him and pushed him until he eventually moved to Vienna.Beethoven has been known to be a jackass to many people but in reality he was very well respected and people liked being around him and going to his parties and he was just a well rounded good person. Beethovens two main teachers were Johann Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri. He didn't have a real trade or job so as a career, Beethoven pursued the gambling life of music where he made profits for himself by the sale of his works and the sales of his concerts. Later in life, beethoven had become deaf in both ears and and it effected him drastically. He made several attempts to improve his hearing for musical purposes and one of them was by attaching a rod to his piano or whatever instrument he was playing to his jaw that would send him vibrations of what was happening and as a result, he could understand what he was playing.He contemplated suicide several times and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder later in his life along with several joint pains that effected his music career. When one of Beethovens brothers had died, he fought for the custody of his nephew Karl who enjoyed being in Beethovens company. He fought for him so his stepmother wouldn't get custody of him which Beethoven knew couldn't take care of him for she was in poverty. Beethoven eventually won custody of Karl but Karl comitted suicide a week later because he hated living with Beethoven. Beethoven later died on March 26, 1827 due to lead poisoning he had gotten earlier in his life. Several movies and t.v. shows have been created about his life and have been awarded grammy's for their excellence. Beethoven would later be known as one of the most influential artists of all time influencing all different types of music including rock n roll. Beethoven was probably one of the most influential composers and artists not only of his time but of our time as well and is one of the most recognized artists that has ever lived. Without Beetheven and other works by composers such as Mozart and Bach, music wouldn't have evolved as it has and probably wouldn't have been as progressive.