Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Beethoven And The Conventional And The Romantic Eras

Although, we listen to music and enjoy it in different ways under distinct conditions and circumstances, there's no single description for music. To some, music may be a voice or sound which makes them feel comforting and unified while for others it may be some thing to encourage, excite and alleviate the moods through high bass. The history of music expands in between prehistoric to recent times. It's enriched with huge names of good music artists.

Just before the Classical Era, music was limited by the aristocratic persons but now common music composers could also survive. Public live shows started to become famous and opera houses and performing arts theaters were constructed. Among several well-known names of classical music are Mozart, Beethoven and Christian Bach. Beethoven is probably the most renowned.

Beethoven was among the most popular time-honored and romantic music composers. He was born in December 1770, in a place named Bonn, the capital of Electorate of Cologne and a part of Roman Empire. Ludwig was born in a home profoundly taking part in classical songs. His first music teacher was his dad Johan Van Beethoven.

By the age of 14 he did start to work as an assistant organist in a court. Whilst he was working for Christian Gottlob Neefe who was an affiliate of Order of the Illuminati, Beethoven got inspired by the ideas of Freemasonry. A secret society denounce for working for devils and worshipping occults.

In 1787 Ludwig's mother got sick and then passed away, following which his dad went deep into alcoholism. Having nobody to take care of his younger brothers and sisters he had to stay in Bonn for next 5 years. In 1792, Beethoven departed Bonn to go to Vienna where he mastered performing music from Joseph Haydn and Leopold Mozart.

In Vienna, Beethoven needed to work hard to conceive remarkable popularity in musical sector. For the premiere of his first symphony, he chosen the Burgtheatre and shown his Septet, the First Symphony and Piano Concertos, along with a number of works of Haydn and Mozart. Soon after these achievements, Beethoven started to gain fame and glory.

In 1799, when Beethoven was educating music lessons to Hungarian Countess's daughters, he started out an affair with the youngest daughter Josephine. However as soon as the Countess Anna Brunswick had known this, she betrothed her daughter Josephine to Josef Deym. The affair between them didn't diminish and was accentuated again following the unexpected death of Deym.

Beethoven's hearing ability began to degrade by the age of 26, it's reported that he suffered with a severe form of tinnitus, typhus or some kind of auto immune illness. He was used to write letters to his friends as well as physicians, in which he composed about the discomfort and anguish he was facing but nothing would assist. His ability to hear slowly decreased till 1814 when he totally became deaf.


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