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Beethoven's importance in Musical History is that his work marks the end of the Classical period of classical music and the beginning of the Romantic period. ... The symphony was an invention of Classical music, developed to show off the increasingly large orchestra.
- What is special about Beethoven's music?
- Why is Beethoven the best composer?
- How did Beethoven influence music?
What is special about Beethoven's music?
Recognised as one of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western classical tradition, he defied the onset of deafness from the age of 28 to produce an output that encompasses 722 works, including 9 symphonies, 35 piano sonatas and 16 string quartets.
Why is Beethoven the best composer?
Beethoven is the most performed, revered composer there is. ... Beethoven humbly transcended ego because he knew beyond doubt that he was writing for eternity. His confidence in his abilities was the only great truth in his life and he held on to it with such tenacity because it kept him alive.
How did Beethoven influence music?
Beethoven's greatest achievement was to raise instrumental music, hitherto considered inferior to vocal, to the highest plane of art. ... He carried to a further point of development than his predecessors all the inherited forms of music (with the exception of opera and song), but particularly the symphony and the quartet.
