BETHOVEN Pathétique

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when was Beethoven born?
he was born in Bonn in 1770
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What was his fathers job
he was a court musician
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what did his father do when beethoven was 11
Removed him from school she could concentrate solely on music
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where did Beethoven move to, in the hope of meeting which two musicians?
Vienna in the hope of meeting and studying with Haydn and Mozart
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Despite him not getting along with Hayden and only meeting mozart once what did he achieve?
Despite these setbacks he had begun to make a name for himself as a pianist and improviser
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what was his father?
an alcoholic
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give an example of the patron he composed this set work and played for
Prince Karl von Lichnowsky
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What eras did Beethoven and what is he known as?
the baroque and Romantic eras, he was a pioneer of the ideas of Romanticism
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How was Beethoven revolutionary?
he took music in new directions and helped established the new more independent social status of composers
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when did he start to loose his hearing
1796
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when did he die
aged 56 in 1827
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Name the three periods his music can be divided into
first period- classical middle period-romantic and heroic final period-challenging unique string quartets
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