Consideredthelastgreatrepresentativeofclassicism.(afterChristophWillibaldGluck,JosephHaydnandWolfgangAmadeusMozart),BeethovenmanagedtotranscendthemusicofRomanticism,influencingdiversityofmusicalworksofthenineteenthcentury.Hisartwasexpressedinnumerousgenresandevensymphonieswerethemainsourceofinternationalpopularity,impactprovedsignificantmainlyinhispianoworksandchambermusic,
Beethovenisacknowledgedasoneofthegiantsofclassicalmusic;occasionallyheisreferredtoasoneofthe"threeBs"(alongwithBachandBrahms)whoepitomisethattradition.Hewasalsoapivotalfigureinthetransitionfromthe18thcenturymusicalclassicismto19thcenturyromanticism,andhisinfluenceonsubsequentgenerationsofcomposerswasprofound.HismusicfeaturestwiceontheVoyagerGoldenRecord,aphonographrecordcontainingabroadsampleoftheimages,commonsounds,languages,andmusicofEarth,sentintoouterspacewiththetwoVoyagerprobes.
Music:
-FifthandSixthsymphonies
-OperachoralsandVocalMusic(composedforBeethoven)
-SeventhandEighthsymphonies
-NinthSymphony"Choral"
-TheFirstandSecondPianoConcertosnotedforitscheerfuldesign,whilethePianoConcertoNo.3,1801,inaserioustone,isanunparalleledbreadthandquality.Forhispart,PianoConcertoNo.4,Op58,1808,commitmentandlyricaldepthhasbeenconsidered,byEmilLudwig,asthe"bestgigevercomposedforsoloinstrument"
-The10Beethovenovertures
-Fantasyforpiano,chorusandorchestra,Op80
-32PianoSonatasTwosonata(Op.111),four(Op.109)orfivemovements,subjectswithvariations,leakagescherzos,etc.
-ThecelebratedMissaSolemnis,writtenin1818,hissecondworkfortheCatholicChurch,isasongoffaithtoGodandthenatureofman.Oneofhismostfamousworks
-Beethoven’schoralworksaretheFantasyforpiano,chorusandorchestra(Op.80),theMassinCmajor,Latina,(Op.86),aswellasnumerouslieder,arias,chorusesandroyalty,acycleofsongs,acantataandoratorioChristontheMountofOlives,in1803,andthefamousPrestooftheNinthSymphony.°5Symphony
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