Ludwig van Beethoven: His Life and Music

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life and Music
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His Life
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His Music

• By
• Joy Agre

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life

• Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany,
  on December 16th 1770. His father was an amateur
  musician and realized that his young son would
  become a tremendous talent. His lazy father
  thought he could make a great deal of money from
  the concerts given by Ludwig.

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life

• By the time he was twelve, young Beethoven was
  earning money composing and playing the organ,
  harpsichord, and viola.

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life

• In 1787, Beethoven met Wolfgang Mozart while in
  Vienna. Mozart recognized his talent and told
  friends,
• Keep an eye on him, he will make a noise in the
  world some day.

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life

• Beethoven remained in Vienna and worked as a
  musician even though his lessons to study
  composition with Joseph Haydn werent successful.
  He was known as an eccentric, ill-mannered,
  bad-tempered person who had few true friends.

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life

• In the late 1790s, Beethoven began to lose his
  hearing which was the worst possible fate for a
  musician. He then preferred to be alone and
  often wrote music during long walks in the woods.
  He was an unhappy, lonely man who relied on his
  art for strength.

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Life

• Beethoven wrote some of his finest music (the
  Ninth Symphony) after he was totally deaf and
  actually conducted its first performance in
  silence. Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 26,
  1827.

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Ludwig van BeethovenHis Music

• Beethovens music is stronger and more romantic
  than that of his predecessors Haydn and Mozart.
  His symphonies are longer and more tuneful. They
  are clearly an expression of his personality.
  There is evidence from his sketchbooks that he
  composed with some difficulty, making several
  revisions. He wrote primarily instrumental
  compositions which included nine symphonies, a
  violin concerto, five piano concertos, and thirty
  piano sonatas.

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Ludwig van BeethovenQuestions and Answers

• 1. Beethoven was born in FRANCE / GERMANY.
• 2. Beethoven was born in 1770 / 1970.
• 3. HAYDN / JOPLIN gave Beethoven composition
• lessons.
• 4. Eventually Beethoven became BLIND / DEAF.
• 5. Beethoven mainly wrote music for
• SINGERS/ INSTRUMENTS.
• 6. During his life, he wrote TWO / NINE
  symphonies.
• 7. Beethoven began earning money composing
• when he was THIRTY / TWELVE.
• 8. Sadly, Beethoven had few FRIENDS / PETS.

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Ludwig van BeethovenTeachers Page

• The biography pages about Beethoven can be read
  aloud as a class. The question and answer page
  should be used as an individual assessment for
  the students. They can simply write down the
  correct answer on a separate piece of paper to be
  turned in and graded.
• The page about his music can be enhanced by
  listening to clips of various types of works by
  Beethoven.
• DOT, DOT, DOT, DASH (a separate listing under MAP
  attack), can be used on another day. It will be
  helpful to have the students hear Beethovens 5th
  Symphony. Then you will need to determine
  whether students will work individually or in
  small groups. Clarify instructions and
  demonstrate several of the suggestions in item 2.
  Allow students time to experiment and plan their
  compositions. Encourage students to perform
  their compositions for the class.

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