The Life Beathoven

I sit here listening to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, and wonder who this man was. I went to Ask.com, and asked whom he was, and they had a brief overview of the man. “Beethoven, Ludwig van The composer of some of the most influential pieces of music ever written, Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-century classical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism, “…and did much to enlarge the possibilities of …

…performances and recordings of all of the master's works. His tombstone bore a single word “Beethoven.” The man can best be described as the major trasition from classical to Romantic. “Beethoven was known for his ability to manipulate tension and resolution in his pieces,” as said by John Hammer, a Music Major at ISU. Works Cited “Beethoven, Ludwig Van.” Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropaedia. 1994ed. “Beethoven, Ludwig Van.” World Book Encyclopedia 1990ed. www.ask.com/lifeofbeethoven/.com