Success of Beethoven

As I venture towards the end of my blogging on Ludwig Van Beethoven, I would like to share some of his many accomplishments. Beethoven was an extraordinary classical music composer, and many of his greatest accomplishments come from his musical talent. Some others come from a more personal level of success.

When Beethoven was about 7 he gave his first public appearance. This was a start to his many years of a successful musical career. Young Beethoven was playing the organ beautifully, as people in the audience listening, wondering, where this child prodigy came from! "Despite his fathers cruel, and brutal teaching methods, Beethoven showed signs of potential at a very young age."
 http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/beethoven.html

At 16 the adolescent Beethoven was living his biggest dream. Beethoven was receiving composition lessons from his biggest role model, Mozart. Mozart was very impressed by Beethoven, and his musical abilities. Beethoven never thought he would be in the presence of Mozart, let alone learning from him.    
Read more about this on: http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/beethoven.html

After Mozart passed away, and Beethoven had moved to Vienna, he was crowned with the amazing accomplishment of becoming Vienna's leading pianist. With a lot of competition, Beethoven was still clearly the right person for this title. "In his first appearance in Vienna in 1795, Beethoven performed his Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, and in this decade also composed piano sonatas, cello sonatas and violin sonatas."
http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/beethoven.html

As Beethoven was nearing the peek of his career, he noticed something strange, sounds became softer. He was losing his hearing, eventually he completely lost his sense of sound. His career as a virtuoso pianist was over, but his stubborn nature challenged him to over come this major lifestyle change. "Many men would have been driven to suicide, Beethoven did indeed contemplate it. Yet his stubbornness strengthened him and he came to terms with his disability."
 http://www.lucare.com/immortal/deaf.html

Beethoven overcame his suicide wish, he was completely poor, living in poverty, and desperate to get back into his music. So he began to compose again. "Beethoven's transposing of schillers inspiring words, be embraced all ye millions with a kiss for all the world."
http://www.lmars.com/beethoven_factor.htm

As you have read, Beethoven was a brilliant, musical genius, and the few accomplishments I have mentioned in my post, are only a small amount of everything, the brilliant Beethoven has accomplished.


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