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Born December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Beethoven was considered a brilliant composer who through all his creation, have all contributed to the development of world music and improving gender and musical forms.

Origin and background
His father and grandfather were court musicians in Bonn and little Ludwig, whose talent came to light because he was four, was destined to the same race.

At the age of 11 he became the disciple of the composer Gotthof Christian Neefe, organist and band of the court, which not only expanded his musical training, but also encouraged him to compose.

With the help of the voters and some other noble families of Bonn, which was sent to study in Vienna, where Haydn worked as a teacher, Albrechtsberger, Schenk and Salieri. Here is first noticed as a pianist with experience, equipped with extraordinary expressive power, allowing you to submit your own creations.

Character and personality
His artistic personality was doubled by a passionate and courageous temper, which prevented him from being bullied or humiliated. Although it was supported by a number of aristocrats, has no service will continue to defend its position as an independent professional musician.

Simultaneously with the French Revolution of 1789 and the current national independence, which tormented the peoples of Europe in this period, including the call time and test new ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity, and was a fighter through art, the noblest aspirations of mankind to achieve.

Having appeared in the splendid period of Viennese classicism, of Haydn and Mozart, he resolutely took the results as, creative development, extending the framework of classical forms, with new templates, more suited to the contemporary form of the thinking and feeling, to bring the power of music in a turbulent dynamics, which was the passionate drama of human existence. Moreover, their language and significantly increasing the number of instruments in the orchestras that have contributed to the production of music from the intimacy of the halls.

Music creation
According to Harold Schonberg, the creation of Beethoven can be divided into three periods:

- A first period of a score of works characterized by the use of the old ways, but a shadow of the explosive force to come here, notable examples include the minuet of Symphony first, which prepares future scherzo and slow movement of Piano Sonata No. 10 operas.

- The third period covers the agreements last five quartets, piano sonatas, the “Diabelli Variations”, “Missa Solemnis” and the Ninth Symphony, when the music is not written to be liked by someone, but for its artistic and intellectual life justified in terms of concepts and symbols. “Eroica”, the 5th Symphony in A minor. 67, Symphony in D major op.68 6 “Pastoral” symphony with chorus The ninth and singers in minor cases. 125, overtures “Coriolanus,” “Egmont” and “Leonora.”

Its creation also refers to: the opera “Fidelio,” the ballet “Prometheus” Beings “, the music scene for the drama” Egmont “Goethe,” Stephen King “and” Ruins of Athena “of Kotzebue, vocal, symphonic works, such as the oratorio “Christ on Mount Olive,” “Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra”, “Missa Solemnis”, concert of works (a violin concerto, two Romances for violin, five concertos for piano, viola and Piano Concerto for cello treble), various voices accompanied by the orchestra, brass band music, works from various instrumental chamber ensembles (from trio to octet, where the string quartets are an important step in the literature of this such programs), a large number of instrumental compositions, among which there are 10 sonatas for violin and piano, four sonatas for cello and piano, a sonata for horn and piano, 32 sonatas for piano (Sonata in A major 53. ” Waldstein “Sonata in D minor, op.57″ Appassionata “), etc..

The pain is caused by this disease and the many disappointments sentimental and family will agree to isolate the world slowly, but has not stopped one of the most beloved characters in the history of music.

The difference between Beethoven and other great composers before him is that he considered himself an artist and stood up to defend their rights.