Beethoven For many people, Ludwig Van Beethoven is considered the greatest composer who ever lived and is the highest level of musical geniuses. His compositions are the expression of one of the most powerful musical personalities of all time which he exceeded above average in both areas of Classical and Romantic labeling. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770, and was baptized on December 17. His father, Johann, was a singer employed by the Elector of …showed first 75 words of 997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 997 total…cold and incomprehensible. Beethoven was a musical intellect who was driven by illness and mental suffering to retreat into his own world. His music is the most powerful body of music ever brought together by one composer (Schonberg, pgs. 115, 117, 119, 123). BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. “Beethoven, Ludwig Van” Collier’s Encyclopedia. 1991 ed. 2. McLeish, Kenneth & Valerie. Listeners’ Guide to Classical Music. Great Britain: Butler & Tanner Ltd., 1986. 3. Schonberg, C. Harold. The Lives of the Great Composers. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1981.