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Marcus Gonsalves Dec 9 2014 Music 173 Research Paper Ludwig van Beethoven Music has been around a long time and is a big part of America’s history. There are many styles of music such as, Rap, RB, Jazz, Classical, Oldies and so on. There has been many great composers throughout the years, these people are legends that will stand for ever such as, Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The one artist that I’m going to write about in this paper is the one and only Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven was a deaf German composer and the main musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic period, he was known widely for being a composer and pianist. Ludwig van Beethoven being famous composer. He loved Classical and romantic. Classical is the relating to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The romantic times was known as the artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and was at its peak in from 1800 to 1850. Beethoven was a German composer and a pianist. He will remain as one of the most famous and influential of the composers from all the times. He was on December 17, 1770 in Bonn, the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire. And he died March 26, 1827 in Vienna. He displayed his musical talents at an early age. He was taught by Johann van Beethoven which is his father and also by Christian Gottlob Neefe. HisShow MoreRelatedThe Music Of Ludwig Van Beethoven1600 Words   |  7 PagesLudwig van Beethoven is known for much of his musical accomplishments. One of his most famous is that he is deaf and yet one of the best musical composers of the classical and romanic area. Beethoven has always been one of my personal favorite composers. 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