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Ludwig van Beethoven was a pioneering German composer and pianist who was pivotal in connecting classical and romantic eras of music. He struggled with deafness late in life but composed some of his most famous works then. Beethoven was born in 1770 in Germany and showed musical talent from a young age. His career progressed from child prodigy to court musician to renowned composer in Vienna. His works can be divided into three periods - early classical works, heroic middle period pieces like his 5th Symphony, and later works as his hearing declined. Beethoven made major innovations in musical form and was a transitional figure between eras.

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INTRODUCTION: "Good Morning and Welcome To The Local News."

Ludwig van Beethoven was a pioneering German composer and pianist who was pivotal in connecting classical and romantic eras of music. He struggled with deafness late in life but composed some of his most famous works then. Beethoven was born in 1770 in Germany and showed musical talent from a young age. His career progressed from child prodigy to court musician to renowned composer in Vienna. His works can be divided into three periods - early classical works, heroic middle period pieces like his 5th Symphony, and later works as his hearing declined. Beethoven made major innovations in musical form and was a transitional figure between eras.

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INTRODUCTION: “Good morning and welcome to the local news.

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“I am Angel Tumamao your newscaster for this day. For this news we we’re going to
talk about life’s of beethoven”

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German pianist and composer widely considered to be one of the greatest
musical geniuses of all time. His innovative compositions combined vocals and instruments, widening
the scope of sonata, symphony, concerto and quartet. He is the crucial transitional figure connecting the
Classical and Romantic ages of Western music.
Beethoven’s personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness, and some of his most important
works were composed during the last 10 years of his life, when he was quite unable to hear. He died at
the age of 56.

Ludwig Van Beethoveen was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany as the son of a court musician. His talent
for the piano was soon realized and he gave his first public performance at the age of eight. Beethoven's
father wanted to promote him as the next child prodigy, another Mozart. Nevertheless, Beethoven was
employeed as a court musician in Bonn from 1787. During this time he studied briefly under both Haydn
and Mozart, although it was certainly not a satisfying relationship for Beethoven. It turns out that events
in Beethoven's life greatly affected him writing. Because of this Beethoven's musical output is very
episodic. As we shall see, there are three main periods in Beethoven's life, known simply as the early,
middle, and late periods.

In 1792, Beethoven relocated to Vienna. This is the beginning of his early period which lasted rougly
until 1800. During this time Beethoven quickly made a name for himself as a virtuoso pianist. He used
his abilities at the piano to gain favor with the nobility. In fact, he even tried to claim his own noble roots
by accidentially changing the Van (a meaningless title) to Von (a title of nobility). His compositions
during this period consisted mainly of works for his main instrament, the piano. An example of a piece
composed during this time is the Pathétique Sonata, Op. 13 (1798). Beethoven's hearing was also
beginning to deteriotate at this point, however, he went to great lengths to hide this fact from those
around him. A picture of the apparatus used by Beethoven to hear is pictured shown.
Beethoven is a transistion figure in the history of western music. He is generally known as the father of
the Romantic era. However, during the first period most of his compositions were classical in nature.

His musical imagination began to grow beyond that of the piano. This period, which later became known
as the Heroic Period because of the larger than life nature that his compositions took on, saw the
creations of such masterpieces as the Tempest Sonata, Op. 31 (1801-2), the 3rd Symphony (Eroica), Op.
55 (1803), his only opera, Fidelio, Op. 72 (1803-5), and the 5th Piano Concerto (Emperor), Op. 73 (1809).
Some say that this middle period was Beethoven's greatest. It certainly was his most productive. In
about a decade Beethoven produced countless masterpieces in every genre.

In 1809, however, his musical output began to drop, possibly in connection to his declining health and
mental state. Around 1815 the famous Immortal Beloved affair occured which left Beethoven in deep
depression and contemplating suicide. Although there has been much debate over the identity of this
Immortal Beloved character, it is now assumed that the lucky woman was Josephine, Countess Deym,
née Countess von Brunswick whose picture is shown.

ENDING: “ I believe in the saying that…..Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in
life – all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.”

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