Over his lifetime Beethoven wrote for hundreds of people by commission or out of friendship. He was paid to compose by such noblemen as Prince Lichnowsky and Prince Lobokwitz in Vienna and the...
One does not have to hear in order to compose music on paper. The music was in his head ... he wrote down what he heard inside his brain.He could hear the music in his mind. When he went deaf, he...
Yes. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They were: Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 (1799-1800) Symphony No. 2 in D major, op.36 (1802) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op.55, "Eroica", (1804) Symphony...