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Ludwig van van BeethovenBeethovens importance lies not only in his work, but also in his life(Tames, 4). include in my report is proof that Beethoven was one of thegreatest composers of the Romantic era. In this proof is a brief description ofhis life. This will help you witness how he felt when he wrote his music.Also, there will be a description of all his symphonies.On December 16 or 17, 1770, (date uncertain) at 515 (now 20) Bonngasse Bonn,Germ each Beethoven, give care Mozart, was born into a small family (Comptons, 1). Hetook his first lessons on March 26, 1778, (Schmit, 10). In 1787, he went toVienna to study with Mozart, but he went back to Bonn cod to the nature of hismothers sickness (Schmit, 15). This would be the composers last visit to Bonn.     After his mothers death on July 17, 1787, Beethoven went back to Viennato study with Hayden in November of 1792, where he lived for 35 years (Tames,14). He was unsatisfied with Hayden be sustain he was pre occupied and commonlymissed many mistakes made by Beethoven (Schmit, 17). Beethoven, then, went toNeffe who himself started composing at the age of 12.     In the late 1700s, Beethoven began to suffer from early symptoms ofdeafness, and by 1802, Beethoven was convinced that the condition was not onlypermanent but was getting much worse. The cause of his deafness is stilluncertain (Comptons, 1). He was determined to prove that deafness was not ahandicap to him (Thompson, 25). Beethovens deafness started to be noticeable,and by 1818 Beethoven was on the whole deaf (Schmit, 28).     In the year of 1812, Beethoven fell in love with the "EternallyBeloved." Nobody knew her name except Beethoven, who did not mention it in anyletter or to friends.     Under his first patron, Prince Karl Lichnowsky, Beethoven wrote hisfirst symphony. The first symphony was wrote in 1795, and was a set of threeTrios. Beethoven believed that his income came from the successful sales agreement ofthese works, but it actually came from Lichnowsky (Tames, 12). This symphonywas reflective of the classical era. He did not publish this symphony until hewas 31.     In 1802, Beethoven wrote a second symphony. Beethoven named thissymphony "Grande Sinfonie" while in Hiligenstadt wh... ...usic. Not only did he create a bridgebetween the 18th-century classical period and new beginnings of Romanticism, buthe started a new era of music.     Beethovens last years were marked with illness. On March 24, 1827,Beethoven died in Vienna. A crowd of almost 30,000 people attend his funeraland burial at Vienna Central Cemetery (Schmit, 31). The bicentennial of hisdeath was celebrated with performances and recordings of all the masters works(Comptons, 2). At the funeral, Beethovens friend wrote a moving denotation whichstated     "We, the representatives of an entire nat ion, come to mourn the passingof the gracious mouth by which music spoke, the man who inherited and enrichedthe immortal fame of Handel and Bach, of Hayden and Mozart. He was an artist,and who shall stand beside him? Because he shut himself off from the world,they called him hostile and callous... He withdrew from his fellow-men after hehad given them everything, and received nothing in return. But until his death,he preserved a fathers tone for mankind. Thus he was, thus he died, thus hewill live to the end of time" (Thompson, 46).