Beethoven spent his childhood under his father's strict education, which made him stubborn, sensitive and excited. At the age of 22, he began to live in Vienna. The third symphony was composed between 1803 and 1804, which marked the maturity of his creation. 1827 On March 26th, Beethoven died in Vienna at the age of 57.
Beethoven wrote a wide range of themes in his life, including 9 symphonies,/kloc-0 operas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, many orchestral overtures, violin and cello sonatas. Called "the saint of music" and "the king of symphony" by the late Buddha.
Beethoven's life creation has a wide range of genres and a large number. In the field of instrumental music, it includes 9 symphonies, 1/orchestral and drama scores, 5 piano concertos,1violin concertos, 16 string quartets and other forms of ensembles, 32 piano sonatas, violins, cello sonatas and variations.
In the field of vocal music, it involves opera, oratorio, mass, oratorio, chorus fantasia and a large number of artistic songs. Representative works in the field of vocal music include the opera Federio, Mass in D major, Vocal divertimento for a distant lover, etc.
Symphony is the most concentrated embodiment of ideological development and artistic pursuit in Beethoven's nine symphonies. Beethoven's symphonies are rich in content and grand in scale, which are much more complicated than Haydn's and Mozart's. The most prominent is its sharp contradiction, heroism and positive factors.
Music image is always displayed in contradiction, conflict and contrast. In terms of techniques, sonata form and symphonic suite were developed, the scales of each part of sonata form were expanded, and the contrast and drama were enhanced. As the central part, the unfolding part is more intense, such as the unfolding of the third symphony.
Beethoven's symphonies can be divided into the following categories: first, heroism and drama, which are the most basic aspects of his creation, such as the third, fifth and ninth symphonies; Second, the habituation and lyricism of life, such as the first, fourth and eighth symphonies; Third, mass and dance, such as the seventh symphony.
Besides symphonies, piano works also play an important role in Beethoven's creation. It can be said that he has been creating piano works all his life, and the most important ones are five piano concertos and five piano sonatas (Pathetique, Moonlight, Storm, Dawn and Passion).
Piano sonatas are similar to his symphonies, with profound thoughts, rich contents and wide forms. Moreover, it strengthens the internal contrast factors of sonata structure, expands the contradictions and conflicts in the development department, and makes his piano sonatas far surpass Haydn and Mozart.
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Beethoven's life has experienced drastic changes in European society before and after the French Revolution, and his works are the product of the combination of times and personality. He greatly expanded the ideological content of symphonic music, making it a genre that directly reflects social changes, and the scope of piano performance has also been greatly enhanced.
The expansion of content leads to the innovation of expression techniques: he breaks through the traditional formal structure, inspirational theme application and dynamic music development, which makes music have extraordinary momentum and strength; The tone sandhi system based on functional system became his harmony style.
Flexible dissonance and large-scale rhythm contrast and strength contrast play an important role in depicting contradictions and conflicts and dramatic development. In addition, the use of counterpoint, the combination of band acoustics and the writing of piano music have distinct characteristics.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ludwig van Beethoven