How Did Beethoven Influence The World

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Jacky S.R.
4th period Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig van beethoven was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Beethoven didn't live in many places andt he did get job offers in other places, but he never took them. This lead Beethoven to live in Vienna from 1792 to his death in 1827. The era of classical music that Ludwig Van Beethoven came from was the classical era. He became of the greatest people when it came to classical music. Beethoven had created different music that had inspired people, but he didn't have some that were more influential. One of his influential music was The Fifth Symphony. It was written between 1804–1808. The song was first performed in Vienna Theater an der Wien in 1808. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is in four movements. Another of his …show more content…

He acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. He changed the way music was seen since he combined different music. Another composer that had influenced him was Johannes Brahms. He wrote his first symphony when he was 43. Even tho he was scared to create music he showed beethoven that no matter the age you can do anything and still succeed.The last composer that had influenced Beethoven was Arnold Schoenberg. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art. He showed that everything isn’t categorized under one box. He cause people to think what is considered art and what's considered poetry. Beethoven was influenced by various composers. He was influenced by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, George Frideric Handel, and Friedrich Schiller. Some interesting facts Beethoven are he often dipped his head in cold water before composing, he was 5’3 and he was very temperamental and would lose it when someone was talking in the audience when he was

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