Facts you did't know about Ludwig Van Beethoven / Moonlight Sonata, Für Elise / 2021
The 250th anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven, one of the greatest musical genius of all time.
Beethoven struggled all his life with failed love relationships, health problems and unfair reputation,
He first noticed difficulties with his hearing when he was about 28
Beethoven was a tormented soul
« Oh you people who think me hostile… how you wrong me.
I would have ended my life, it was only my art that held me back »
1770 : Baptized on 17 Dec, Bonn, Germany. Beethoven had an unusually difficult childhood.
His erratic and alcoholic father was his first music teacher.
1787 : His mother died after his first visit to Vienna, where he probably met Mozart.
1791 : At age 21, He moved permanently to Vienna and studied composition with Haydn.
1802 : Sonata Op. 27 No. 2,
The Moonlight Sonata was dedicated to Julie Guicciardi, an impossible love, due to class difference
1803 : Beethoven’s Heroic Period started, Introducing the Romantic era
The impact of the French Revolution on Beethoven was deep and inspirational
He planned to dedicate his Third Symphony to Napoleon
before the French revolutionary crowned himself emperor
Beethoven went from Napoleon's biggest fan to his worst critic
1806 : His refusal to perform for Prince’s guests, French officers, resulted in a scandal causing separation with his patron. "Prince, what you are, you are through chance and birth; what I am, I am through my own labor. There are many princes … but there is only one Beethoven. »
1808 : Da-Da-Da-DUM : The fate knocking on the door ! The Fifth Symphony in C minor.
1809 : Napoleon led his soldiers into Vienna
During the French bombardment, Beethoven found himself trapped and had very difficult times
1810 : Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, für Elise
He composed a short piano bagatelle for his pupil, Therese Malfatti.
He was planning to play it for her in front of her parents and guests,
and propose marriage to her. He was rejected once again.
1824 : The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. First choral symphony made by major composer
Including words from Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” poem
Beethoven was totally deaf when the ninth symphony was first performed in Vienna
When the symphony was completed, he could not hear the thunderous applause of the audience.
He could only see the crowd's response and the soloist’s tears
« Applaud my friends, the comedy is over » Ludwig van Beethoven
« In Beethoven’s music, the dreamer will recognise his dreams, the sailor his storms, and the wolf his forests »
Victor Hugo
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