Ludwig Van Beethoven

1. Ludwig Van Beethoven By: Anastacia Norman-Doss & Gabby Berry

2. Beethoven’s life • Beethoven was born on the 16th of December in 1770, in Bonn, Germany. As a child he loved music partially because his father was a musician. At eleven years old he had a teacher by the name of C.G. Neefe and at twelve published his first music. It has been said that Beethoven became deaf from a disease called Otosclerosis (a growth of a bone in the inner ear that prevents the ear from working properly). It has been said by many of his peers that he was a man of great ideas.

3. His accomplishments • It has been said that Beethoven’s biggest accomplishments were his symphonies, his concertos, and his piano sonatas. Before his works came to be, there was music that was non harmonic, meaning they had no harmony what so ever, most would call it boring or repetitive. Beethoven was liked very much by his teachers and sponsors, but many people could not get along with him because of his anger. No one seemed to disagree with his works

4. Impact • Beethoven had musical talent, he proved that you can be the best if you have talent, he inspired many other great musicians after he died. During the Enlightment, music was touched by his passionate sonatas and symphonies that expressed romanticism which challenged the calm classicism during his time.

5. His musical works • Ode to joy(9th symphony) It is said that no one knows the story to Beethoven’s “Ode to joy” it remains a mystery. • Moonlight sonata One of Beethoven’s best piano works, started in 1801, and finished in 1802 • Symphony 5 Beethoven worked on this piece fro 1804-1808, and his best known composition