Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven; baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis and an opera, Fidelio...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth16 December 1770
CityBonn, Germany
CountryGermany
To play without passion is inexcusable!
Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
Music can change the world.
Love demands all, and has a right to all.
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent...
An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?
Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning
Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?
The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.
What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.