The Mountains of the Mind

As an artist Beethoven was tried and true to the nature of a creative mind, and was not ashamed or prideful concerning his craft. “O God! Give me the strength to conquer myself, nothing at all must fetter me to life.” www.harpercollins.com within this period he wrote http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KGtUkW3dBM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhw6bF_oR_k However, the time came that he did decline within the realm of the musical elite. While he still had veracity within his mind the Tsar, Dukes and Viennese looked were moving on with what one may call the sign of the times. And with these changes payments ebbed and flowed some were given as a good faith jester and with the war raging the light in Beethoven starts to fade one of the last pieces of music is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBAqBkoT5-4 as he finished it is said he faded into sub consciousness.

The Immortal Beloved

The appointment to Kassel was a new chapter in the life of Beethoven removing himself from the seat of musical capital to somewhat of a providential outpost of musical world was shocking to many who could not comprehend the move amidst the height of his career in the musical city. But Beethoven makes an interesting statement:
Abusive articles about my latest concert will perhaps be set again from here to the Musikalische Zeitung. I certainly don’t want everything that is written against me to be suppressed. But people should bear in mind that nobody in Vienna has more private enemies than I have. This is the more understandable since the state of music here is becoming worse and worse.
With the issues of the day and war looming from France’s Napoleon Bonaparte and several symphonies later such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LimqvTZ3EC4 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGESRc3XfY
With the news of letters between he and Antoine Brentano that gives reason for the strange move and puts to rest how society because they cannot explain issues make of stories to fill in the gaps.

The Cold Dungeon

The endeavor to write “The Creature of Prometheus” was a collaboration of the masters and was something that at that time never had been undertaken. So it was a daunting task that paid massive dividends for their careers. Interestingly enough the payment for this masterpiece did produce the same results various issues arose the Papa Hayden was on the decline a fiddler name George Bridgetower playing Beethoven’s Op.47, the “Kreutzer” Sonata: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mixnMzHUYxA This was such piece that it reported to have a profound effect on the libido and a story circulated that it cause a disagreement between Beethoven and Kreutzer over a madchen. However the quarrel Beethoven has been 35 years on the earth and no serious relationship with a woman and several compositions later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7usUEPWsc he felt dreariness to his life, due to his deafness, which he so desperately tried to hide from the public and did a great job of it. One has to recognize the beauty of being able to write and composed music without the key instrument of the human body to define it.

The Creature of Prometheus

Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung a weekly periodical covering the compositions of the day wrote about Beethoven calling him the basically the new man of German music this was due to the composition of the grand Concerto for the pianoforte played by and composed by Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AIr2ehN4_k other compositions gave him notability but was somewhat lackluster never the less they are beautiful pieces of work that only a master could write http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfwlj2rrzQ0; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OKg5OXkZtM with this type of music Beethoven was challenge by the aristocracy to addressed this kind of composition meaning the quartets, the powers that be were a driving force that shapes some of the music written. Like the culture of today the youth also had a major influence that drove how music was written when we think of the rebellion of youth this what compelled the master to write the ballad called “Creature of Prometheus” this made him a superstar of that day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7PKI505aM

The Hands of Hayden

Interesting facts on how Beethoven was able to facilitate his musical career was through various creditors that he would be in debt to and as a trade he would compose his music to their credit. Benefactors would cover the composers cost and during one of these periods enter Joseph Hayden who appreciated what a composer must experience to write their music. Beethoven understood as well that he had much to learn from a revered master and took the task as one of utmost importance for his career. So much that it is reported that he called him “Papa” and in Beethoven’s mind writing Hayden’s music would bring him closer to what Papa understood one of these hand written pieces copied by Beethoven is Quartet, Op. 20 No. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbxoYTUvc30 This also became a period for Beethoven to embrace the world of aristocracy during this time as a young man he learns that his life is somewhat in others hands, and that though he is passionate he has to refrain from his passions in order to keep order. Also as a student of Hayden issues arose that made Papa feel taken advantage because of status. As well, this is a period in time that Beethoven becomes independent and gossips arises that he is shy toward women sexually and remarks of his Spanish looking skin and kinky hair eluded to other issues. Regardless of these issues let of remember that he is the greatest composer who ever lived here is Bernstein on Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYn865RiRE

The Spirit of Mozart

Who would have thought in the life genius alcoholism would play a part but it did. His father had a bought and due to this problem he was not the most pleasant of parental leadership, it is said that he abuse the responsibility, however, something that could be addressed from this and has been pointed out is the argument of abortion because of this and other issues, what if this child Beethoven had not been born or a means sought to terminate, would we have been blessed with the beauty of his music? Regardless of all this happy years in Beethoven’s life did surface early while serving under Mozart’s tutelage. Mozart who was reluctant about accepting the student later remarked “keep your eyes on him; some day he will give the world something to talk about.” www.harpercollins.com

Prologue to Beethoven The Unversal Composer

Beethoven is known at an early age in his life as a musical genius but how many know anything of his if you like to call it regular life? However, it was not until his early forties that he was considered the most famous composer of his time. What established Beethoven as the crème de le crème was his innate ability to expound on the human emotion and beyond life, love and death. Great example Beethoven’s fifth symphony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c4x0yuKpeY like the fifth Beethoven life had some very sharp contrast as we shall see and challenge to explain. Issues that arose in his life were sexual, social, political, psychotic, loneliness, and illness; something that would probably break the average person today but he prevailed.