Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is the model of the modern genius: wild hair, iron will, a fight against fate. Beyond the myth, his life marks a break. The composer is no longer a court servant but a sovereign creator.
He turned entertainment music into a philosophical language. And he designed his largest sound structures, the Ninth Symphony among them, in almost total silence.
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- 2From Bonn to Vienna: the equal of princes
- 3Deafness and the Heiligenstadt Testament
- 4The Ninth: the Ode to Joy
- 5From classicism to Romanticism
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary14 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
