Analysis Of Beethoven s Moonlight - 2268 Words

A composer many people know but do they really know Beethoven? When most people think of Beethoven they think of they think of this old guy who looked really crazy and who was deaf but they don’t know all the trials and tribulations he faced and how almost committed suicide. But through all of his struggle, Ludwig Van Beethoven wrote some of the best pieces of music in his time period. The name most people know is Moonlight Sonata but the Original name is â€Å"Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor, Opus 27 No. 2†. (â€Å"Beethoven s Moonlight Sonata†, pt.3). And the Original title for Moonlight Sonata is â€Å"Quasi Una Fantasia† meaning â€Å"Almost a Fantasy. (Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata†, pt.3). The Name Moonlight Sonata wasn’t given till after his†¦show more content†¦His music changes greatly due to him suffering major hearing loss to the point he became deaf, this really hurt him because he believes that sin ce his field of work is music and he’s going deaf is just a major contradiction. According to Lewis Lockwood in his book Beethoven: The Music and The life. â€Å"He succeed Mozart and Hyden as the most acclaimed Instrumental composer in Europe and in Twenty years changed musical history.†(8) He also tells in very great details of his Psychological progression in his passage Heiligenstadt testament which tells his most private thoughts from his deafness and his overwhelming urge to push through his adversity. And from the very slow, dreary First Movement to the fast paced almost thundering Third Movement I can definitely feel a change in Beethoven’s mood and how he conveys that through his music. Beethoven is what we call The Tortured Genius, Somebody with Immense talent very few people have but suffers greatly due to some type of issue. He particularly suffered issues with his ears in his early years. As Maynard Solemn said in his book Beethoven’s essays â€Å"There is some evidence that sound, especially loud sounds capable of transformation into tactile sensations produced anxieties in Beethoven. During the French Bombardment of Vienna in 1809† (94). Now Waynard also said that (It might see that Beethoven was merely protecting his ears from the roars of the cannons but his deafness appeared long before this event.†(Solemn 94). After