Beethoven's coming-of-age story

Beethoven is the Caesar of Western classical music. Who knows, Beethoven suffered from ear disease at the age of 25, 45 years old deaf. Beethoven's music has brought endless enjoyment to later generations, but he can not enjoy his creation in life.

Pay attention to this natural-born musician

Beethoven was born into a musical family in Bonn on December 6, 1770. He could play the harpsichord by the age of four and was performing since he was eight, earning a reputation as a musical prodigy. At the age of 10, he was taught by Nie Fei, the most famous music educator in Prussia. At the age of 12, NIE fee recommended to Count Waltstein's court band as an organist assistant, which is the beginning of Beethoven's "musical servant" career.

At the age of 17, Beethoven went to visit the maestro Mozart and received a warm reception. After listening to Beethoven play a few piano pieces, Mozart excitedly said: "Everyone, please pay attention to this young man, he will soon win the praise of the world!" Mozart also promised to give Beethoven lessons. Unfortunately, two months later, Beethoven's mother died suddenly. To, to Beethoven's father's depression, and drinking all day, Beethoven had to pick up the burden of supporting the family, and once again returned to the original opera house as the pianist.

At the age of 19, when the Great French Revolution broke out, Beethoven passionately wrote the chorus of "Who Is a Free Man?" to express his desire for freedom and democracy. Later, Beethoven through the introduction of the people, known as Duke Lichinovsky. He admired Beethoven's talent and made him his musical servant. Beethoven also soon captivated the Viennese with his improvisational piano playing, whose melodies were sometimes like small streams, sometimes like stormy waves, sometimes like birds chirping, and sometimes like storms. Someone once remarked that Beethoven's improvisations were "full of life and beauty".

I will take fate by the throat

At the age of 30, Beethoven fell in love with countess Juliet. Chichardi, but her father, who thought Beethoven was of low birth, had betrothed his daughter to a count. This gave Beethoven a great mental boost, and it is said that his famous song "To Alice" was written during this time.

Sad as it was to be disappointed in love, what made him even sadder was that he began to go deaf. In a letter to a friend, he wrote: "I have led a miserable life... ... In a different profession, perhaps; But in my line of work, this is the most terrible encounter!" Beethoven tried his best to cure the disease, but in vain, he moved to Vienna to convalesce for two years. Instead of getting better, he got worse, and even the church bell across the window stopped ringing.

In despair, Beethoven thought of death many times, but he was not willing to leave this world, he believed that only music can save him. "I will take fate by the throat and not let it destroy me," he wrote in a letter to a friend. Beethoven was determined to make music for the rest of his life. From then on, Vivienne lost one of its great pianists, but the world music world had one of its greatest composers.

Beethoven began to compose music at the age of 32. After nearly two years of hesitation and exploration, he finally created the first work with its distinctive characteristics - Symphony No. 3 (Heroic Symphony), the most prominent feature of which is the ups and downs of tone, sometimes quiet meditation, sometimes indignation roar, stirring emotions. Beethoven composed the Eroica Symphony originally to be dedicated to Napoleon, but when he heard the news that Napoleon had crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he was so angry that he erased the original dedication and changed it instead to read: The Eroica Symphony -- written in memory of a great man.

There is only one Beethoven

In October 1809, when the French occupied Vienna, the snobbish Austrian nobles, including Duke Lichinovsky, courted the occupiers. He forced Beethoven to play the piano for the French officers. Beethoven was so fed up that he threw a stool at the duke and left the count's house that night. He left a note, which read: "Duke, it is only by chance that you have become a Duke; And I am Beethoven because of myself. The duke has and will have, And Beethoven has only one!"

On another occasion, while walking with Goethe, Beethoven ran into the queen, the prince, and a group of nobles. In the face of them, Goethe immediately make way, and Beethoven calmly said: "Make way should be them, not us!" But Goethe still took off his hat and bowed to stand by the roadside, while Beethoven was carrying his hands behind his back and striding forward. As a result, the prince recognized Beethoven and quickly took off his hat to greet him. His attendants were also respectful to each other and looked after Beethoven. At that time, Beethoven felt human dignity.

Beethoven was 54 when he created his Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy). It took him six years to compose and revise the piece. On May 7, 1824, the Ninth Symphony was performed for the first time at the Vienacade Theatre. Beethoven himself conducted the performance, he neither looked at the music in front of him nor heard the slightest sound. He conducted the performance from memory. As a result, the audience was so excited that they broke into enthusiastic cheers and clapped as many as five times! The royal family only clapped three times.

A psychological analysis of Beethoven's self-encouraging personality

From a psychological point of view, the reason why Beethoven will be in a situation of extreme hardship repeatedly created brilliant music, which has a great relationship with his self-encouraging personality. The outstanding characteristic of a self-motivated personality is that it can quickly transform the pressure in life into self-motivational power, and obtain spiritual satisfaction in the continuous struggle. Self-motivated people are also very good at sublimating their mental pain. They will take every setback in life as an opportunity for personal growth, to hone their will.

The value of Beethoven is that he was often frustrated in life, and sought inner balance in music creation. For example, Beethoven wrote "To Alice" because he was lovelorn, "Symphony No. 3" (Eroica) because he was yearning for freedom, and Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy) because he was deaf. All of his music compositions are full of deep feelings and passion for life. His biggest quote is "I will take fate by the throat." He spent his life trying to prove to the world that he was capable!

The value of Beethoven is also that he always looked up to the dignitaries, not because of their humble origins but to deliberately curry favor with them. He also highlighted his pride in the creation of music, he wrote melodies comparable to the waves, such as magnificent, full of personality characteristics.

A deaf person, who can write a human's most beautiful, most exciting music chapter, is the immortal legend of Beethoven's self-motivated personality.