Obituary of Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, the greatest composer and musician was died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna.

Beethoven was regarded as one of the most contributive people in the whole music history. His most famous works were the nine symphonies, which including Eroica, and other one hundred and thirty eight songs with opus number. At total, he had created more than three hundred masterpieces of music in his entire life, and even kept working since he was deaf.

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn. Ludwig had proved he was extremely talented and even a genius in music category. When he was eight, his first concert was arranged by his father. In 1784, Ludwig entered the Electoral court of Bonn and played as a violinist. A few years later, He moved to study at Vienna where he had met Haydn and Mozart, the other two great composers in the resent age. In 1803, Beethoven’s most famous and greatest symphony, “Composed to celebrate the memory of a great man”, was once called Eroica, was completed and performed. In 1798, Beethoven first found his hearing was deteriorating; however, he kept writing music until he could not hold his pen.

Ludwig had contributed his whole life to music; therefore he did not get married and his own child. On the day he had passed away, the entire Beethoven family members were already died except Carl Beethoven, Ludwig’s brother’s child, Karl Beethoven. Ludwig adopted him when Carl was died; however, they both did not get well with each other, which was a sad thing.

Now, the great composer was buried under Vienna, the city where he liked the most. In Ludwig van Beethoven’s whole life, he had never abandoned composing music because of anything. His enthusiasm and contribution to music should never be forgot.