Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 65438+February 16 or17-1March 26th, 827) was born in Bonn, the capital of Cologne, the holy Roman Empire. He is one of the representatives of Vienna Classical Music School and a composer in the classical period of Europe.
Beethoven spent his childhood under his father's strict education, which made him stubborn, sensitive and excited. At the age of 22, he began to live in Vienna. The third symphony was composed between 1803 and 1804, which marked the maturity of his creation.
In the following 20 years, a large number of his music works pushed classical music to the peak through strong artistic appeal and grand charm, and predicted the arrival of romantic music in the19th century.
Beethoven's major works
Beethoven created a lot of excellent works in his life, among which the symphonies "Hero Symphony", "Destiny Symphony", "Pastoral Symphony", "Ode to Joy", piano sonatas "Pathetique", "Moonlight", "Storm", "Passion" and "To Alice" are well known to the public, and the string quartet "The Grand Fugue"
18 19 years ago, despite hearing loss, deteriorating health and mental pain, he still completed his last symphony, Chorus Symphony No.9 in D minor (Ode to Joy) with great perseverance, summed up his glorious epic life and showed the good wishes of mankind.
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