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    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer born in 1770 who is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western classical tradition. He produced over 700 works including 9 symphonies and 16 string quartets despite losing his hearing in his late 20s. His later works such as his 9th Symphony, known as the Choral Symphony, expanded the scope of classical music and initiated the romantic era by focusing more on emotion than structure.

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer born in 1770 who is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western classical tradition. He produced over 700 works including 9 symphonies and 16 string quartets despite losing his hearing in his late 20s. His later works such as his 9th Symphony, known as the Choral Symphony, expanded the scope of classical music and initiated the romantic era by focusing more on emotion than structure.

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer born in 1770 who is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western classical tradition. He produced over 700 works including 9 symphonies and 16 string quartets despite losing his hearing in his late 20s. His later works such as his 9th Symphony, known as the Choral Symphony, expanded the scope of classical music and initiated the romantic era by focusing more on emotion than structure.

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    MUSIC

    COMPOSER
    Recognized as one of the

    Ludwig Born in Germany in


    1770
    greatest and most
    influential composers of
    van Died: March 26, the Western classical
    tradition, he defied the
    Beethoven 1827
    onset of deafness from
    Nationality: German, the age of 28 to produce
    Roman an output that
    encompasses 722 works,
    Parents: Johann van
    including 9 symphonies,
    Ludwig van Beethoven was Beethoven, Maria
    35 piano sonatas and 16
    born on December 16, Magdalena Keverich string quartets.
    1770 in Bonn, Germany.
    He is widely recognized as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is
    one of Beethoven's greatest
    one of the greatest
    compositions and one of the
    composers of the Western
    greatest symphonies ever
    European music tradition. composed. Symphony No. 9 is also

    His work crowned the known as the 'Choral' Symphony


    as its final movement features
    classical period as well as
    four vocal soloists and a chorus
    initiated the romantic era
    who sing a setting of Schiller's
    in music. During his At the age of 19, Beethoven was poem An Die Freude (Ode To
    lifetime, German composer assigned to compose a musical Joy). Beethoven took a whole new

    memorial for the Holy Roman approach to composing music


    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Emperor Joseph II titled Structure and refinement gave
    reportedly suffered from a
    "Cantata on the Death of way to emotion, and the inner
    slew of health problems, world of the artist. Most music of
    Emperor Joseph II". He composed
    including hearing loss, the earlier Classical era relied
    musical pieces that earned him
    gastrointestinal issues and heavily on what we call 'form,'
    the reputation of being a
    or a kind of musical. It has been
    liver disease. He died in masterful composer Published
    suggested that Beethoven's
    1827 at the age of 56, his Six String Quartets in 1801
    universal appeal is partly due to
    Struggled to come to terms with
    most likely due to the his being the first “freelance
    a shocking and terrible fact
    problems with his liver composer.” Instead of writing to
    that he was going to be deaf He
    satisfy the pleasure of an
    was never got married but he
    individual patron, he wrote for
    was desperately in love with humanity at large and thus was
    Antonie Brentano able to give his music a wide
    expressive scope.
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