NINE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES Out of all musical artists known today, Ludwig Van Beethoven is right at the top of popularity and stardom. Though his life didn’t start this way, as did Mozart’s, Beethoven increased in knowledge and musical ablility as he was taught by some of the best composers of his time. Beethoven’s child life was not a very happy one in many circumstances. His father, Johann, even though being a singer …showed first 75 words of 394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 394 total…third movement. The Minuet and Trio form the most original portion of the work. Beethoven relayed the spirit of his predecessors in the minuet and increased the speed, while breaking through it’s formal and antiquated mould. This change is not very noticeable because he adhered to the old plan and measure of the old Minuet. The fourth movement, the Finale, is a bright, humorous passage, which never hesitates throughout the whole of the movement.