Beethoven Accomplishments
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is widely recognized to be one of the pre-eminent classical music personalities of the Western world. This German musical wizard created numerous works that firmly entrenched in the repertoire. Although, Beethoven may have suffered from bipolar disorder, hearing loss consistent with Paget's disease, he still managed to be the one of the best composers of all time. (Dehm, 2008) (Mai, 2007)
Beethoven demonstrates his intense preoccupation with thinking artistically and intelligently about his music. His thought process would help mitigate man’s suffering by presenting man with musical artworks that could illuminate him, to become educated enough to pull himself out of his misery. He felt immediate, extreme haughtiness …show more content…
He left his stamp in nine symphonies, five piano concertos, ten violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, various string quartets and dozens of other key works. Many of his works are ingeniously imaginative and innovative, such as his 3rd Symphony, his 9th Violin Sonata, his “Waldstein” piano sonata, his fourth and fifth piano concertos, or his “Grosse Fugue” for string quartet. Of course, each of Beethoven’s works brings its unique detail to Beethoven’s grand musical paradigm. (Sanborn 2015)
Beethoven musical works represent or signify since collective genius that includes a vast system of thought. However, those who grasp his music sense that it reflects their personal desires and sufferings. Although one could hypothesize that, if one were to describe to those who knew him, what manic-depression was, most of them would agree that he suffered from it. It was made evident to many of Beethoven’s close friends’ accounts of him fit startlingly well the behavior that is associated today with bipolar …show more content…
Music was his true love, a love like a man may have for a woman. Musical art was his muse to whom he made a petition, to whom he gave thanks, and whom he maintained. By his confession, he praised her (music) as his savior in times of despair. The prospect of her comforts that prevented him from laying violent hands on himself. (Mai, 2007) While reading his words, one shall find that it was his art that was his companion in his meanderings through field and forest, to the experience the solitude to which his deafness condemned him. (Sanborn, 2015) The theories of Nature and Art were intimately bound up in his mind. His lofty and idealistic conception of art led him to proclaim the purity of his goddess with the fiery zeal of a priestly fanatic. Every form of pseudo-art stirred him with hatred to the bottom of his soul; therefore, his furious invasions on mere virtuosity and all efforts from prominent sources to utilize art for other than purely artistic purposes. Moreover, his art rewarded his commitment richly; she (music) made his sad life worth living with gifts of purest
Beethoven demonstrates his intense preoccupation with thinking artistically and intelligently about his music. His thought process would help mitigate man’s suffering by presenting man with musical artworks that could illuminate him, to become educated enough to pull himself out of his misery. He felt immediate, extreme haughtiness …show more content…
He left his stamp in nine symphonies, five piano concertos, ten violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, various string quartets and dozens of other key works. Many of his works are ingeniously imaginative and innovative, such as his 3rd Symphony, his 9th Violin Sonata, his “Waldstein” piano sonata, his fourth and fifth piano concertos, or his “Grosse Fugue” for string quartet. Of course, each of Beethoven’s works brings its unique detail to Beethoven’s grand musical paradigm. (Sanborn 2015)
Beethoven musical works represent or signify since collective genius that includes a vast system of thought. However, those who grasp his music sense that it reflects their personal desires and sufferings. Although one could hypothesize that, if one were to describe to those who knew him, what manic-depression was, most of them would agree that he suffered from it. It was made evident to many of Beethoven’s close friends’ accounts of him fit startlingly well the behavior that is associated today with bipolar …show more content…
Music was his true love, a love like a man may have for a woman. Musical art was his muse to whom he made a petition, to whom he gave thanks, and whom he maintained. By his confession, he praised her (music) as his savior in times of despair. The prospect of her comforts that prevented him from laying violent hands on himself. (Mai, 2007) While reading his words, one shall find that it was his art that was his companion in his meanderings through field and forest, to the experience the solitude to which his deafness condemned him. (Sanborn, 2015) The theories of Nature and Art were intimately bound up in his mind. His lofty and idealistic conception of art led him to proclaim the purity of his goddess with the fiery zeal of a priestly fanatic. Every form of pseudo-art stirred him with hatred to the bottom of his soul; therefore, his furious invasions on mere virtuosity and all efforts from prominent sources to utilize art for other than purely artistic purposes. Moreover, his art rewarded his commitment richly; she (music) made his sad life worth living with gifts of purest