Mozart And Beethoven Research Paper

Mozart vs. Beethoven Mozart and Beethoven were two of the most famous musicians of all time. Mozart and Beethoven both accomplished a great deal during their lives. Although there may be many similarities between the two, there are definitely some things that make them different.

Mozart and Beethoven have many similarities. One is that they were both musicians and composers, both Beethoven and Mozart were musicians of the classical era. Mozart may have started at an earlier age than Beethoven did, but both of them started playing an instrument around 3-5 years old. Both composers/ musicians played multiple instruments. Beethoven played the piano, keyboard,violin, and the viola. Mozart played the harpsichord, piano, keyboard, violin, and viola. Both Beethoven’s and Mozart’s teachers were their fathers. Another similarity between the two is that

Beethoven started at an older age than Mozart did and Beethoven was also born almost 20 years after Mozart. Beethoven unlike Mozart had a very rough and cruel father. Both of their fathers were musicians, but Beethoven’s father was abusive and tough. Beethoven was said to have a trauma that was caused from his father, every time little Beethoven made a mistake or hesitated his father would beat him up or severely punish him. On the other hand Mozart’s father made the music lessons fun and effective. Mozart’s father was a fun but strict person. Something else that is different between the two, is that when Beethoven was around his fifties he started to lose his hearing very rapidly. Then all of a sudden he was completely deaf. During the time that Beethoven was deaf, he created his most wonderful and famous pieces. Beethoven also suffered from severe depression. Mozart had a happy marriage, but he was poor and sad towards the end of his life. Both Mozart and Beethoven suffered from depression, in one point of time of their