The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Beethoven was mastering the Viennese High-Classic style.
Although the style had been first perfected by Mozart, Beethoven did extend
it to some degree. He had unprecedently composed sonatas for the cello
which in combination with the piano opened the era of the Classic-Romantic
cello sonata. In addition, his sonatas for violin and piano became the
cornerstone of the sonata duo repertory. His experimentation with additions
to the standard forms likewise made it apparent that he had reached the
limits of the high-Classic style. Having displayed the extended range of
his piano writing he was also begining to forge a new voice for the violin.
In 1800, Beethoven was additionally combining the sonata form with a full
orchestra in his First Symphony, op. 2. In the arena of piano sonata, he
had also gone beyond the three-movement design of Haydn and Mozart,
applying sometimes the four-movement design reserved for symphonies and
quartets through the addition of a minuet or scherzo. ...

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often inspired me
in the beautiful days of summer-has disappeared." There is somewhat of a
parallel between his personal and professional life. He is at a dead end on
both cases. There seems to be no more that he can do with the high-Classic
style; his deafness seems poised inevitably to encumber and ultimately halt
his musical career. However, despite it all, he reveals in the Testament a
determination, though weak and exhausted, to carry on-"I would have ended
my life-it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed to me
impossible to leave the world until I had brough forth all that I felt was
within me. So I endured this wretched existence..." Realizing his own
potential which ...

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