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Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in the history of classical music. Since his lifetime, when he was "universally accepted as the greatest living composer", Beethoven's music has remained among the most performed, discussed and reviewed in the Western world. [1]
Beethoven's portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer in the transition between the classical and romantic period. He composed in many different forms including nine symphonies, five piano concertos, and a violin concerto. [1] Beethoven's method of composition has long been debated among ...
In this fugue, Beethoven puts together three versions of the main subject: (1) the subject in its simple form, but in augmentation (meaning half the speed); (2) the same subject, abbreviated, in retrograde (that is, played backwards); and (3) a variation of the first half of the subject in diminution (that is, double time). Together, they sound ...
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Most of Beethoven's best known works were published with opus numbers, with which they may be reliably identified.Another 228 works are designated WoO (Werke ohne Opuszahl – literally, "works without opus number"), among them unpublished early and occasional works (Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87), published variations and folksong arrangements (25 Irish Songs, WoO 152 ...
There was, and still is, a lot of speculation about what caused Beethoven's hearing loss. As with most medical conditions, there can be influences from genetic and environmental factors.
One of Beethoven's most celebrated works, the Eroica symphony is a large-scale composition that marked the beginning of the composer's innovative "middle period". [1] [2] Composed mainly in 1803–1804, the work broke boundaries in symphonic form, length, harmony, emotional and cultural content.
The minuet is in incipient ternary form, A-A-B-A, a type of song form as differentiated from other, such as the binary song form in the format A-B, the ternary A-B-A, or the rondo, A-B-A-C-A or an alternate form but with the "A" theme repeating after each new theme in the sequence of themes.