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beethoven 

German composer who lived 1770-1827.

Composer of 9 syphonies, 23 piano sonatas and numerous other woks, is aknowledged by many as one of the greatest classical composers the world has ever seen.

He began to lose his hearing in 1801, and pursued a rather erratic form of behavior. His opera, Fidelio, completely flopped and Beethoven had to revise it several times. He also became depressed because of his failure in his desire to become married. However, it was during this time he wrote "Symphony no.9", (while completely deaf) which is now reconized by many as the finest Symphony ever composed.


Other famous works include:

Sonata Pathetique Op. 13
Sonata quasi una Fantasia, Op. 27
Symphony 5
Fur Elise

He is amongst the "Big Four" of the classical composing community, with Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky.
While the era of classical music may be past, almost everyone who walks the earth today can hum the first few bars the Fifth Symphony.
beethoven by moltovivace February 23, 2005
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Ludwig van Beethoven 

One of the world's greatest composers. He was born in Bonn on the 16th of December, 1770. He lived his first few year in Germany then he went to Vienna, Austria. Where he learned music with the brilliant musicians Mozart and Hyden. He was a real brilliant student that astonished his teachers. He died in March, 1827. He left his music and his love letter to the "Immortal Beloved".
Ludwig van Beethoven has many great works such as the 3rd sympony "Eroica", 5th symphony "Fate Knockning on the Door", and his 9th symphony "Ode to Joy". Also he has many great piano works, he was known for his passionate music that led to the start of the Romatic Era. Works such as "Fur Elise", "Moonlight Sonata", and "Pathetique".

Beethoven slap 

When a person goes behind someone and slaps both their ears at the same time with their hands
Beethoven was slap by his father when he did something wrong on the piano thus called the Beethoven slap
Beethoven slap by Stefano & Andre October 25, 2005

Beethoven's 9000th Symphony

The laughter that comes when a teacher says a joke and the class wants to pass.
The teacher made a joke about the white man oppressing students, it was met by Beethoven's 9000th Symphony from the students.

Beethoven Virus

A song that a lot of people mistake for being from DDR. It is actually from another dancing game called Pump It Up and it debuted in the series with Perfect Collection
Person 1: I really like that Beethoven Virus song from DDR
Person 2: I wanna correct you with something
Person 1: Okay.
Person 2: It's from Pump It Up, not DDR

Beethoven 

One of the best classical composers who lived on Earth. He did most of his best work, while he was deaf, which is fantastic. The best One in my opinion is Fur Elise.

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The story of the Fur Elise, is that Beethoven was about 70 years old, and he loved a girl about 17 years old. So he composed that song especially for her. Her name is Elise.

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This is tottally untrue. Beethoven died when he was 57, so he never was 70. The girl wasn't called Elise either. There was some dispute as to who she was, but there was no Elise. One theory is that 'Elise' is a slang word used to discribe pretty girls in Vienna. Another is that Beethoven actually wrote 'Therese' on the Manuscript and has very bad handwriting. There was never any Elise.
Beethoven by Guilietta Guiciardi January 20, 2006