In the meantime, Napoleon had met with disaster in Russia and Wellington had defeated the French at Vittoria. He may be most famous for his nine symphonies, but he also wrote many other kinds of music: chamber and choral music, piano music and string quartets, and an opera. And Beethovens Second and Seventh Symphonies see Bohm adopting relatively slow tempi, allowing the notes in a phrase to breathe and develop organically, but the music has granite-like power when needed, and in the Seventh Symphony - the 'apotheosis of the dance' or 'A lot of Yaks jumping about' - Bohm gives a measured, broad reading of the. Beethoven began his Seventh Symphony in the fall of 1811 and finished it in mid-1812, but it had to wait until the end of 1813 for its first performance. Even though he could no longer hear well enough to play the piano, Beethoven composed some of his best music after he was deaf!īeethoven is considered one of the greatest musical geniuses who ever lived.
But when he was around 30 years old, Beethoven started going deaf. At first, he was known as a brilliant pianist. Beethoven was one of the first composers to make a living without being employed by the church or a member of the nobility. In his early twenties, Beethoven moved to Vienna, where he spent the rest of his life. After a while, even though he was still only a boy, Ludwig became a traveling performer, and soon, he was supporting his family. His father, who was a singer, was his first teacher. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.
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