Beethoven’s life anecdotes

1. Childhood

Beethoven’s grandfather and father were both court singers. Most of the time, his father was too drunk to be friendly to his family, and he didn't even care about whether the family had enough food and clothing. At first, the kind-hearted grandfather saved the family from too much suffering, and seeing that his eldest grandson had musical talent may have made him happy. But when little Beethoven was only four years old, he died.

Beethoven's father often dragged his son to the keyboard, made him practice hard for many hours, and slapped him every time he made a mistake. Neighbors often heard the little child sobbing to sleep from exhaustion and pain. Soon, Pfeiffer, a traveling musician with little skill, came to this town and was taken to Beethoven's house. He and the old Beethoven drank in a hotel outside for half the night, and then went home and took the little Ludwig down to start class. This class sometimes didn't finish until dawn.

In order to make him look like a child prodigy, his father lied about his age, so when he was eight years old, he took him out to give concerts as a six-year-old child. But prodigies are born, not made. Despite all his efforts, the elder Beethoven was never able to turn his son into another young Mozart.

Compared with Mozart, Beethoven's childhood was much more unfortunate. First of all, Mozart received a better education, his practice time was pleasant and quiet, and he had a loving father and a beloved sister. This was not the case with Beethoven. Although his performance won the respect of his hometown people, the world Sex traveling gigs just aren't exciting enough.

2. Good Teachers

The father took the boy to one teacher after another and asked him to learn different instruments and the art of composition. None of these teachers was good, until he fell into the hands of Neefe, the court harpist and impresario of the Bonn theater. He was a good music teacher and a friendly, well-educated young man. This was a blessing for Beethoven. But although there were the best schools in Bonn - the kind of schools that even good old Bach would have been happy to send many of his children to - Beethoven's father never thought it worthwhile to send Beethoven to study for two or three years. More than 1 month, because studying is not as profitable as studying music.

For the first time in his life, young Beethoven discovered that attending classes was enjoyable. Mr. Nephew was very kind to him and taught him not only music but many other things in the world. To pay for his tuition, Beethoven took his place as organist when Mr. Nieffe was busy or out of town. When he was fourteen years old, he was appointed assistant court organist and clavichord in the theatre. How happy the unhappy father was when he saw that his son was finally making some money from his music!

3. Visit to Mozart

Around this time, he visited Vienna for the first time to play for his most admired idol, Mozart. Mozart thought the boy was just playing a virtuosic showpiece he had practiced for the occasion, and complimented him politely but coldly. Beethoven got angry and asked for a theme on which he improvised with so much feeling and genius that Mozart went to the door of the next room and told a group of friends gathering inside: "Pay attention to this young man. Man," he shouted, "one day the whole world will hear about him!"

IV. Beethoven and Haydn

Beethoven finally understood that he could not have it in his hometown! He was making progress, so he decided to go to Vienna to seek his luck. Mozart had already passed away, but Haydn had just won his first London victory and was at the height of his fame. When passing through Bonn, Haydn had heard and appreciated one of Beethoven's cantatas, so Beethoven first turned to Haydn to learn.

Haydn was now well past the last period of his youth, and was composing and conducting his greatest works more diligently than ever. No wonder he didn't have much time and energy to correct papers. Since he required his students to pay only 20 cents for each class, he probably felt that he did not need to spend too much time on exercise papers. But when Beethoven discovered some uncorrected errors in his practice, he was angry.

When the old teacher set off for a second visit to London, Beethoven turned to a less gifted but strict teacher. Later he often loudly declared that he had learned nothing from Haydn. Soon, he must have gradually felt that if he had not gained anything from corrective exercises, he had gained inspiration from Haydn, because he put his first few ideas into practice. A piano sonata dedicated to Haydn. And when Haydn appeared on stage for the last time for his performance of Genesis and was helped out by several of his servants, Beethoven bent down and kissed the frail old man affectionately.

5. Go his own way

Beethoven did not want to be a favorite in the living room. He would rather be in his own residence, able to come in and out, get up, dress and eat as he pleased. . He likes to mess around with trivial matters in his room according to his own interests; once, he deliberately cut off a piece of window 3 for ventilation and a clear view of the scenery outside the window.

He always had troubles with his landlords and kept moving.

Whenever he was in a composing mood, he would pour basins of water over his head to cool it down, until the water soaked into the rooms below - one can only imagine the mood of the landlord and other tenants. ! Sometimes he moved so frequently that he would not even bother putting the legs up on the piano, but would sit on the floor and play it. Since he had to sign a lease specifying the lease term every time he rented a new house, he often paid rent for four apartments at the same time. This is probably why although he made a lot of money, he never made much money.

6. Deafness

When he first knew that his ears were really getting deafer, he despaired. Life doesn't seem worth living anymore. For a musician, not being able to hear the sweet sound he loves to hear and lives by is the most unfortunate of all misfortunes, even worse than being blind. At first, only a few old friends such as Dr. Wigler and Stephan von Breuning knew about his misfortune. He gave up going to the palaces to hear the gay concerts he so loved. He was afraid that people would notice his deafness, thinking that a musician who could not hear sounds could not write good works. Then he thought of all the music he wanted to write and said, "I'm going to grab fate by the throat!" Maybe it was not as difficult for him to write music while deaf as it was for other musicians. For him, music is not only an arrangement of sweet sounds into various themes or patterns; it is also a language for expressing the most profound thoughts.

7. Beethoven and his friends

No musician had as much success or as few happy days in his life as he did. His friends are kind and loyal, but his deafness separates him from them. Even his hearing aids tended to fail him, so the only way he could stay in touch with them was through the "conversation pad" and pencil he always carried with him. He saw them talking to each other and thought they were always talking about him, saying bad things about him, and plotting against him. One day he wrote: "Never show your face to me again. You are a mean dog, a dishonest fellow."

The next day, when he found out that his suspicions were wrong and his friend was sincere, he would send another note: "Dear friend: You are an honest person; you are Right. I understand now. So come to me this afternoon and receive your Beethoven love." And what good people they are! ——Always forgive his rough quarrels and get along with him till the end.

His family life was miserable from beginning to end. He has never been married. When he first arrived in Vienna, he proposed to Magdalene Willman, a singer from his own hometown, but she refused because Beethoven was "too ugly." Since then, he has fallen in love with several aristocratic women - lovely women with lovely names - and he used music to express his feelings to them, but they accepted his music but rejected his love.

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