Fidelio Gold
Have you heard the story of the great teacher of the deaf?
He is none other than the great German composer cum musician, Ludwig van Beethoven, descent Flemish.
Ludwig van Beethoven, the exact date of his birth is not known. It could have happened at any time from 15 to December 16, 1770. The family lived in an apartment attic along Bonngasse in Bonn, Germany.
Both his grandfather, Louis and his father Johann were musicians. When Beethoven was about five, his father first compositions gave lessons on the piano.
Beethoven gave his first public performance when he was eight years old. The talented young prodigy had his music first published in 1782. Ten years later, he moved to Vienna to study counterpoint and composition with some of the most famous composers and teachers such as Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri.
He worked hard to establish himself as a composer and virtuoso pianist. It was the first composer who, without an official position during his adult life. His good relations with the town aristocracy that would ensure them a guaranteed income.
Things really had begun to be bad around 1796 when Beethoven began suffering from a severe form of tinnitus. The sound ringing in his ears made it difficult and almost impossible for him to hear and appreciate music. There were times I became so ill he was contemplating ending her life out of their misery and despair.
During the period around 1800, his works include many of the most popular compositions and masterpieces. Within this decade, Beethoven produced countless masterpieces in each genre. It all started with the Eroica, which has become a landmark in his musical development. Others were Symphony No. 4, Piano Sonata Op.57, Emperor Concerto and the Egmont Overture. His only opera Fidelio was also the most heroic of his masterpieces.
Gradually, Beethoven, in his most high-classical style to become more dynamic and individualistic. His foray into new unknown reasons had made crucial contributions in the evolutionary development of tonal music. Their joys, sorrows and sufferings of real life is reflected in this completely original style of music. Beethoven has always been described as a transitional figure in the history of music West.
By 1820, Beethoven was almost totally deaf and a little crazy. But he continued to produce great masterpieces of notables, with a density of thought musical beat all his previous compositions. They were the combinations with a wider range of harmony and texture.
This final chapter of the Beethovena musical life is included as the last of his supreme achievements as his last five piano sonatas and string quartets, the Ninth Symphony, with its final coral and the Missa Solemnis. Who represented him at the peak of his powers.
The hearing disorder had also affected his social life. He faced difficulties in social interactions with sudden outbursts of anger or temper. These subsequently taken to the isolation from the outside world as it was plagued by problems and personal problems.
Beethoven and the mental state of health continued to deteriorate and caught a bad cold in the fall of 1826. This development of pneumonia and died March 26, 1827.
Beethoven had dedicated his heart and mind to the drafting of his compositions. He was someone who can immerse themselves in their work and be transported to another world during the period ended. Although he was in a deep depression and even contemplated suicide in the back of his life, he could to let his musical imagination grow beyond normal circumstances.
His greatest achievement was being able to write outstanding masterpieces, despite not being able to hear. The pair of ears is the most important for any musicians or composers Beethoven, but was able to overcome this enormous challenge.
When facing the challenges life would have to be able to overcome all obstacles such as Beethoven or even live in a world that can not penetrate through the sounds?
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