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Una reputación creciente

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ciona como comQositor, creando mgs trabaKos Rue ha-

blaban de la lucha Z la revoluciwn. Un eKemQlo claro de

esto es su Tercer Sinfonía, llamada Eroica £heroica¤ , la

cual le dedicw al líder revolucionario de Cwrcega, NaQo-

lewn BonaQarte. Beethoven se volviw mgs irritable Z de

cargcter irascible con el Qaso de los avos.

Usualmente era visto caminando alrededor de Vie-

na del mismo modo Rue hi[o el comQositor +ohannes

Brahmsmgs tarde, gvido fangtico de Beethoven , inmerso

ensuQensamiento, QarecíaungenioeYcnntrico. : loera

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Fue en 1809 Rue varios QrínciQes Z archiduRues le

dieron a Beethoven una renta vitalicia, Qero swlo si se

Ruedaba en Viena, hecho Rue aceQtw, Qor lo Rue se ins-

talw en esta ciudad toda la vida.

Beethoven escribiw mgs sinfonías incluZendo la

2uinta Sinfonía , cuartetos Qara cuerdas, Z su |nica

wQera, Fidelio, desQuns de varios avos.

Esto nos acerca a los |ltimos avos de su vida...

Compositor Maestro

Los |ltimos avos en la vida de Beethoven fueron tu-

multuosos, la historia de todas las leZendas. 1ara

1815 era casi comQletamente sordo, Z sus Qobres mo-

dales Z aQariencia física se resRuebraKaron.

Sus trabaKos de este Qeriodo son intelectuales e

intensos. De¬nitivamente la Qie[a mgs famosa de este

tiemQo fue su Novena Sinfonía cuZo movimiento ¬nal

es la £0da a la Alegría¤ . ComQuso su |ltimo cuarteto de

cuerdas en este Qunto, hecho Rue conmocionw al mun-

do musical Qor su comQleKo Z moderno sonido.

Comen[w a comQoner e idear su Dncima Sinfonía

mientras Zacía en su lecho de muerte, Qero nunca lo-

grw comQletarla.

Ludwig van Beethoven muriw en mar[o de 1827,

desQuns de cuatro oQeraciones de estwmago Rue ter-

minaron en infecciwn. Veinte mil Qersonas se alinea-

ron en las sombrías calles de Viena ese día, en el fune-

ral de uno de los genios mgs grandes Rue Qisw la tierra.

A growing reputation

This “middle period” is where Beethoven evolved

as a composer, creating more heroic works

depicting struggle and revolution. The big-

gest example of this is the Third Symphony,

called Eroica (Italian for “heroic”), which he

dedicated to the Corsican revolutionary leader

Napoleon Buonaparte.

He would often stomp around Vienna (like

later Viennese composer and Beethoven fanatic

Johannes Brahms), deep in thought, looking like

an eccentric genius. Which, I suppose, he was...

In 1809 various Princes and an Archduke

gave Beethoven a lifetime annuity, but only if he

stayed in Vienna. He readily agreed and settled

there for the rest of his life.

Beethoven wrote more symphonies (including

the Fifth Symphony), string quartets, and his only

opera Fidelio over the next couple of years as well.

This leads us to the last years of his life...

Master Composer

The final years of Beethoven’s life were tumultuous,

the story of legends. By 1815 he was almost com-

pletely deaf, and his poor manners and personal ap-

pearance were even worse.

His music from this period is very intellectual

and intense. Definitely the most famous piece from

this time is his Symphony 9 (whose final movement

has the “Ode to Joy”).He composed his last string

quartets at this point, which shocked the musical

world with their complex and modern sound.

He began to sketch out a Tenth Symphony

whilst suffering on his deathbed, but he never

got to complete it.

Ludwig van Beethoven died in March 1827,

after four operations on a stomach wound

which eventually got infected. Twenty thousand

mourners lined Vienna’s somber streets at the

genius’s funeral.

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