我想要一篇关于贝多芬的英文简介.谢谢啦.麻烦大家啦

我想要一篇关于贝多芬的英文简介.谢谢啦.麻烦大家啦

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827).German composer, was one of music's greatest geniuses. His works have a rare originality, emotional depth,and expressive power.He was known for his nine symphonies,piano concertos and sonatas,and string quartets. Most of Beethoven's compositions were written in the classical forms established by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn, so he is sometimes considered the last great cornposer in the classical tradition. But he also remoulded and expanded the old forms and infused them with a highly personal intensity of emotion,so he is also referred to as the first of the Romantics.

Ludwig van Beethoven (IPA: [ˈlʊtvɪç va:n ˈbe:tovən], baptized December 17, 1770[1] – March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music, and was the predominant figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music. His reputation and genius have inspired — and in many cases intimidated — ensuing generations of composers, musicians, and audiences. While primarily known today as a composer, he was also a celebrated virtuoso pianist and conductor, and an accomplished violinist. Born in Bonn, Germany, he moved to Vienna, Austria, in his early twenties, and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. In his late twenties he began to lose his hearing gradually, and yet he continued to produce notable masterpieces throughout his life, even when his deafness was almost total. Beethoven was one of the first composers who worked as a freelance — arranging subscription concerts, selling his compositions to publishers, and gaining financial support from a number of wealthy patrons — rather than being permanently employed by the church or by an aristocratic court.