Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven

By Giovanni Rodriguez

• Ludwig van Beethoven had a very poor and unhappy childhood.

• He began piano lessons at age four.

• Age 8 his father decided to make money from his son’s talent.

• He presented Ludwig as a concert pianist and advertised that the eight year old Ludwig was only six years old

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​A composer of the Classical Era:

born December 16, 1770, Bonn, Germany​

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How old was Beethoven really when his dad started to use his playing skills to make money?

• he was actually 6 not 8

• he was actually 8 not 6

• he was actually 4 not 8

• he was 20

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At what age did Beethoven learn his first instrument?

• age of 4

• age of 8

• age of 6

• age 10

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Where was he Born?

• Bonn, Germany 1770

• Vienna, Austria 1770

• Prague, Germany

  1770

• Sicily, Italy

​Beethoven's Early Life

• Ludwig was never a successful child performer, as his father had hoped

• age fourteen he was quite a good musician and became the assistant organist at a local church.

• age seventeen, he met composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who predicted a great career in music for Ludwig.

• age nineteen, he was playing violin in local orchestras and giving music lessons to help support his family

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Who did Beethoven meet that assured him of having a great successful future?

• Haydn

• Mozart

• Gluck

• Handel

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What age did he start playing violin in a local orchestra and giving music lessons to make money?

• age of 8

• age of 14

• age of 19

• age of 30

​How did he make it on his own?

• early twenties, Beethoven moved to Vienna, Austria, and began composing and performing as a concert pianist.

• Here, he took composition lessons from composer Franz Joseph Haydn.

• Beethoven knew that to earn a living as a composer, he needed wealthy patrons who  would  help  him financially.

• He began making friends with wealthy supporters of music. By 1795 (age twenty-five) he abandoned teaching  and  began  composing  and  performing full-time

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Who did he take music composition lessons from?

• Mozart

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Christoph Gluck

• HIldegard Von Bingen

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How did Beethoven make money as a composer? What did he have to do?

• he befriended rich people to become patrons of his

• he won the lottery

• he sold pianos and violins

• he sold p

​His best years?

• The period 1800–1815 was prolific for Beethoven. -

• By 1815 (age forty-five) he had completed:

• eight symphonies

• twenty-seven piano sonatas

• numerous sonatas for various string instruments

• ten piano trios

• eleven string quartets

• dozens of orchestral works

• and many vocal solos and choral works.

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What were the best times musically for Beethoven?

• 1450-1600

• 450-1425

• 1800-1815

• 2000-2001

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How many Symphonies did Beethoven write?

• 100

• 10

• 8

• 20

​Problems arise!

• Composing was difficult for Beethoven.

• He had begun losing his hearing as a young man.

• By his mid-forties he gave up his performing career, devoting as much time as possible to composing.

• The last twelve years of his life were spent composing while he slowly but steadily became deaf.

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What age did Beethoven stop composing when he started to lose his hearing?

• age of 50

• age of 40

• age of 20

• age of 25

• Beethoven was short, stocky, and muscular.

• He was often restless and moody, and worked at composing every morning

• He would fly into a rage at small matters which upset him

• loyal to his friends and supporters helped to give Beethoven the freedom to compose some of the greatest European music of the nineteenth century.

• Beethoven spent his life seeking financial support from wealthy patrons of the arts.

• In practical matters such as renting an apartment, organizing performances of his music, or publishing his music, he was a disaster.

His Later years

​- nine symphonies for orchestra

• Fidelio — an opera

• Missa Solemnis — for orchestra and chorus

• His twelve piano sonatas — for piano

• Violin Concerto — for violin and orchestra

​Famous Works

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Which is an opera that Beethoven wrote?

• Le nozze de Figaro

• The magic Flute

• Fidelio

• Don Giovanni

“Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives.”

Ludwig van Beethoven