Beethoven Letter Discovered in Germany

Ludwig Van Beethoven started being interested in music at such a young age. He then continued with it and studied with a famous composer Motzart. Beethoven lived in Vienna after the death of his mother to study more music. This is where he wrote his most famous symphonies 4,5 & 9. A lot of people tend to reconize Beethoven as the deaf composer which in biography's i've read it states that he wasnt always deaf. It progressed over time. The story that most keeps him famous is when he was conducting the 9th symphony when he stoof as it was finished and couldn't hear the applauding from the audience until someone turned him around and he physically saw what great work he truley brought to the table.

This article talks about a letter discovered in Germany written in 1823 by the famous native composer of Germany, Ludwig Van Beethoven. The content of this three paged document was believed to be worth up to 150,000 Euros, and all Beethoven asks is for a fellow composer to help him drum up money. The composer he wrote to was named Franz Anton Stockhausen. The letter was brought to the attention when Stockhausen's great grand-daughter, Renate Wirth, died last year and the letter was part of her estate she bequeathed to the Brahms Institute. The letter will be presented to the public Jan. 18th 2012.

I chose this article because music has always interested me. Being in the Orchestra for 2 years and band for 6, i have played most of Beethoven's symphonies that he has produced. His music interests me not only because of how well written and how famous he truley was but because his most famous symphony of all time was written when he was completely deaf. As well as knowing that after so many years there is still a piece of him going around in Germany that isn't only his music. Beethoven has inspired so many people to not let a disability effect you in doing what you love to do. Keep striving to reach your goal. He is not only inspirational for his music but also just as a person.

After reading this article I came to see that even back then for a famous composer life was hard even though his most success came after his death. Money was hard to get and when you were sick it was hard to get the medication/treatment you needed. It makes me wonder how hard times were for other people who werent very well known back then over in Germany survived.

I feel that culture can relate to this article by just German being one of the most cultural languages. It was written and spoken by plenty of German artists and scientists, as well as Ludwig Beethoven himself through his classical music. America to me is boring. We all like the same things because we find it "cool" to be into the same things that the most popular people are into. We add new things to our country everyday and follow that and forget about the old, but as for Germany they like more things that are older. Like old symphonies, especially by one of the world known composers who is a native German himself. Europe is known for their old things. As for America, we could learn a few lessons.







This article can be easily contacted by just clicking on the link below:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,808302,00.html