Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn-Cologne Candidate of 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. 1827 On March 26th, Beethoven died in Vienna at the age of 57.

Creative characteristics

Beethoven's life has experienced drastic changes in European society before and after the French Revolution, and his works are the product of the combination of times and personality. He greatly expanded the ideological content of symphonic music, making it a genre that directly reflects social changes, and the scope of piano performance has also been greatly enhanced. The expansion of content leads to the innovation of expression techniques, breaking through the traditional formal structure, inspirational theme application and dynamic music development, making music have extraordinary momentum and strength.

The tone sandhi system based on functional system has become the characteristic of his harmony style. Flexible dissonance and large-scale rhythm contrast and strength contrast play an important role in depicting contradictions and conflicts and drama development. In addition, the use of counterpoint, the combination of band acoustics and the writing of piano music have distinct characteristics.

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