Beethoven's Love

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In 1770 an exceptional musical genius was born into this world, changing the sound of classical music forever. His name was Ludwig van Beethoven. Johann, his father, a signer and instrumentalist, encouraged his son from the first day he saw him to be inspired by the sound of astonishing music. Through his childhood years, Ludwig was extremely interested in his father’s persuasion with music, constantly producing his own music for his own enjoyment. He was considered the “most powerful musical thinker of music” (Schonberg 119). His music was unheard of, unknown, and the only way to describe his sensational composition was as a “bridge between classical and romantic periods” (Schonberg 119). Every day and every night he would play on his piano, experimenting with his exceptional tool, his hands. Ludwig van Beethoven also had a love for women. He adored many women. Beethoven was constantly expressing his true loves through his beautiful musical compositions. Around the age of forty, Beethoven met a young woman who changed his outlook of life forever. Her name was Therese Malfatti, a seventeen year old beauty. She was a pupil of Beethoven’s and a niece of his primary physician (Marek 282). He experienced many deep and passionate feelings toward Therese Malfatti; for her he composed a composition to be played before he proposed marriage to her, wrote endless romantic and emotionally disturbing letters, and experienced tragic nostalgic upsets.
Ludwig van Beethoven composed hundreds of exquisite and difficult compositions, in which were always meant to be for his “Unsterbliche Geliebte,” which meant “Immortal Beloved.” The “Immortal Beloved” was never known for sure, but it was said to have been Therese Malfatti (Palmer 2). Beethoven composed a beautiful piece of music entitled Bagatelle Woo. Although this title may sound unfamiliar, almost everyone can identify this masterpiece and the composer, Ludwig van Beethoven...