1. In the biographies of celebrities, Beethoven was a great medieval musician who grew up in a harsh environment, but was very strong, with tenacious perseverance, unremitting motivation, and his firm pursuit and love of musical truth. Home. It can be said that Beethoven experienced ups and downs in his life and became deaf in his later years, which is undoubtedly the greatest sorrow and misfortune for a musician. However, with his love and persistence for music, he finally defeated fate and became a great music composer of a generation.

2. Beethoven composed nine symphonies, two masses, and countless overtures, concertos, sonatas and string quartets, which deeply influenced the style of later composers, such as: symphonies "Hero", "Destiny", "Pastoral", the last movement of the Ninth Symphony "Ode to Joy"; the overture "Egmont"; Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"; "Pathétique Sonata", "Moonlight Sonata", etc. It has become a household name. He left a valuable legacy for mankind and had a huge impact on the development of world music, so he was respected as the "Music Saint" by the world.

3. The Beethoven House Museum is located next to the central market square in the old town of Bonn. It is the place where Beethoven lived from his birth in 1770 until he moved to Vienna in 1792. Here are preserved the piano that Beethoven once played, the organ keyboard that he played as a teenager, the trumpet-shaped hearing aid that he used in his later years, and a large number of Beethoven's manuscripts of music scores.

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1. Beethoven’s main works:

Beethoven’s creations in his life span a wide range of genres and are numerous in number. In the field of instrumental music, it includes 9 symphonies, 11 orchestral pieces and dramatic scores, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 16 string quartets and other forms of ensembles, 32 piano sonatas, and violin and cello sonatas. Variations, etc.; in the field of vocal music, it involves operas, oratorios, masses, cantatas, choral fantasies and a large number of art songs. Representative works in the field of vocal music include the opera "Fidelio", "Mass in D major", vocal suites "To My Lover in the Distance" etc.

2. The creative characteristics of Beethoven's works:

Beethoven's life experienced drastic changes in European society before and after the French Revolution. His works are the product of a combination of times and personality. He greatly expanded the ideological content of symphonic music, making it a genre that directly reflected social changes, and the range of expression of the piano was also greatly enhanced.

The expansion of content leads to innovation in expression techniques: it breaks through the traditional formal structure, uses motivational themes and develops dynamic musical ideas, giving the music extraordinary momentum and power; it is based on function The systematic voice change system has become the characteristic of his harmonic style; the flexible off-key modulation and the large contrast of rhythm and intensity play an important role in portraying conflicts and dramatic development. In addition, the use of counterpoint, the combination of band sounds, and the writing of piano music all have distinctive characteristics.

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