The Music That Changed The World - 1797 Words

Beethoven Edgar Gallegos South Piedmont Community College There are have been many composers are there will be new composers that will come in time and they will have their different ideas. They come from many places and many different time periods. And they all have their different styles like we do know.Today’s music is very strange as it has different styles rhythms and totally different instruments. For example the techno music that is being played today. There are no instruments being used just computers manipulating sounds, tones, pitches and many different things that make it sound different like the music that Skrillex makes. But one composer that has astonished the world for a long time for many different†¦show more content†¦First father would is another story. His father was a court singer and an alcoholic which he was most known for. The start of his musical career can be said that his father started. At a young age his father was the one who wanted him to become a musician. At 6 years old his father staged a open recital for people to see him. He wanted them to see that he was going to be a musical prodigy which he later did become. â€Å"At the age of ten Christian Gottlob Neefe, the newly appointed Court Organist. And at the age of 12 Christian Gottlob Neefe introduced Beethoven to Bach. Another thing is that at the age of 12 Beethoven published his first composition called Dressler. Beethoven’s father s voice was worsening and his alcoholism was getting worse and he could not keep supporting his family and Ludwin had to step up and provide for his family. He would ask for a permanent position for a courtship. A courtship is being hired by a king, queen, or a duke and playing or composing music for them. This could be a bad thing or a good thing. The good part of it was that they had and gave everythin g you. They would pay you, give you food for your family, and they had places for them to live. The bad part of being in a courtship was that the music that you created was intended for the person that â€Å" hired† them. They would create the music that they taught would be of the liking of the people that hired them. But as it has