When the energetic "Symphony of Destiny" touches your heart, you may think of Beethoven, a musical giant who was hit hard by fate. Beethoven is the most famous German musician in the world since the 18th century, and may also be the greatest musician in the history of world music. Along with Haydn and Mozart, he is one of the three major representatives of Western European classical music.

Beethoven was born in the Rhine Valley in Bonn, Germany. His father and grandfather were court singers for local elector Max Friedrich. The family was unhappy and his father was an alcoholic, forcing Beethoven to shoulder the burden of raising his mother and two younger brothers from an early age. At the age of 12, Beethoven was able to play freely and served as an assistant to the organist Nie Fei. At this time, he began to formally study music with Nie Fei. Nie Fei is a talented musician. He broadened Beethoven's artistic vision, made Beethoven familiar with some excellent examples of German classical art, and consolidated Beethoven's understanding of lofty goals. The formal study and systematic training of Beethoven actually began with Nie Fei’s careful teaching and training. In 1787, Nie Fei also took him to Vienna to teach Mozart. There he had the opportunity to play for Mozart. He improvised a brilliant performance on Mozart's theme, leading Mozart to say to his friends: "Watch him, one day he will be famous." A few years later, the electors paid him to perform in Vienna Study with Haydn. He left the city of his birth at the age of 22 and never came back. It's a pity that old Haydn didn't like the violent temperament and independent spirit of young Beethoven. When Beethoven and other famous artists studied music, one of them declared himself the most pedantic: "He learned nothing, he could not write anything in the orthodox style."

Beethoven Shortly after arriving in Vienna, he received news of his mother's death, and he had to rush back to Bonn immediately. Due to family burdens, he did not come to Vienna for the second time until his father's death in the autumn of 1792, but Mozart was no longer alive. After Beethoven came to Vienna for the second time, he quickly won the title of the most outstanding performer in Vienna. Later, he studied under Haydn first, and then Schenck, Abbrechtberg, and Salieri. Through his contacts with Bonn's intellectuals, he came into contact with many famous professors, writers and musicians of the time and was influenced by their hurricane movement. His democratic ideas matured in the years before the French Revolution, but developed rapidly during the Revolutionary era.

In 1789, the French bourgeois revolution and progress gave him a lot of inspiration, thus establishing his humanistic worldview, believing in human equality, pursuing justice and personal freedom, and hating the oppression of feudal autocracy. Although the three famous composers of the Vienna Classical School lived in the same era, Beethoven's thoughts were obviously different from those of Haydn and Mozart. Haydn was humiliated throughout his life. Although he was occasionally provoked, he always ignored it. His progressive literary thoughts and revolutionary sentiments at that time rarely inspired him, and his music and struggles were always isolated. Mozart was as mentally miserable as Haydn. He had the courage to resist, preferring poverty to enduring the Archbishop's insults. However, behind the sunshine and youthful joy in his music, there is also a hint of pain, melancholy and sadness. Only Beethoven not only angrily opposed the autocratic feudal system, but also used his music to call on people to fight for freedom and happiness. Beethoven's compositions during his time in Bonn were mainly small piano works, ensemble works and songs. During this period, it can be said that he was only in the preparatory stage of creation. In the first decade of Vienna, the most famous works are "Sorrow", "Moonlight", "Crocez Sonata" and "Piano Concerto No. 3". But during this time, he gained a deeper understanding of social and political issues and achieved the goals he was trying to explore. From 1802 to 1812, his creation entered a mature period, which later became his "Heroic Age".

Although he came from a musical family and began learning piano and violin at an early age, Beethoven was not a child prodigy like Mozart. He did not start composing his first symphony until he was 30 years old, and Mozart had already composed about 40 symphonies by this age. His writing was not done overnight, but he revised the draft tirelessly until he was satisfied.

His early works were in the style of Haydn and Mozart, but later developed into a form entirely his own. His works have a distinctive personality and have made great progress compared with his predecessors. In terms of musical performance, Beethoven encompassed almost all music genres at the time, greatly improving the expressive power of the piano and giving it a symphonic-like dramatic effect; symphony has become an important music form that directly reflects social changes. The maturation process of Beethoven's creative activities seems to be quite slow, but in fact it is very stable.

Beethoven began to experience hearing loss in 1796, but it was not until 1801 that he became convinced that his ear disease was incurable and told his friends. However, his love for art and life overcame his personal pain and despair. Suffering became the source of his creativity. When this spiritual crisis reached its peak, he began to create an optimistic "Eroic Symphony". It marked a turning point in Beethoven's spirit, and it was this work that marked the beginning of Beethoven's heroic creation.

Beethoven had no family and lived a hard life. He became deaf at the age of 26 and became completely deaf in his later years. He can only talk to people through conversation books. However, his lonely life did not make him silent and reclusive. The progressive ideas of the French bourgeois revolution in 1789 gave him a lot of inspiration and laid the foundation for his humanistic worldview. He once said: "One year of freedom is more useful to mankind than a hundred years of despotism."

Although Beethoven did not produce many works in his lifetime, he is recognized as the greatest musician in the world . The key to winning such a high reputation lies in his combination of outstanding musical talent, passionate personality, lofty ideals, strong sense of social responsibility, and perseverance. He keenly grasped the pulse of the times and society with his profound and sharp eyes. His works not only reflect his giant character, but also reflect the suffering, struggle and hope of the people, so they have a distinct social nature and profound philosophical nature. He left eternal wealth for mankind and had a huge impact on the development of world music. He is known as the "Music Saint".

Beethoven’s main and most important works are symphonic music, among which nine symphonic works rank first. These famous works include: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Symphony No. 5 in C flat major, Symphony No. 6 in F flat major, Symphony No. 7 in A flat major, Symphony No. 9 in D flat major, Chorus, Egmont Overture, Coriolin Overture, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Emperor Piano Sonata No. 8 in C flat minor, Sonata No. 14 in C flat minor, Sonata No. 5 in F flat major