Ludwig & Nature

         Ludwig van Beethoven is known for his remarkable talent for music.  He has written and at the least 9 symphony's and composed many in his life time, which are still famous to this day.  For example his first movment in his 6th smyphony titled "Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country".

         Beethoven loved nature, which is where the inspiration of this music came from.  He would lose himself in nature and used what he could see, feel, smell, and cant forget hearing.  But what was so interesting about Beethoven was that he was deaf (Beethoven's deafness).How could a composer not have such what seems to be like a nessesary sense?

         The answers to that question above was writing. Beethoven would write down things in nature that would inspire him like the crickling of a creek, trill of birds, and even rustling of leaves. One of his journals were found from 1803 that quote "The greater the river, the more grave the tone" (AllABoutBeethoven)

        When I listen to this movement I get a happy feel from it.  I get this feeling from this sort notes he uses, which make transitions more surprising which keeps me entertained throughout the peice.  I personally life the combination of flutes and violens together and Beethoven uses these two interments alot and when he doesi think it gives off a more happy sound because they have a pretty high pitch compared to them, opposed to inturments like the chello.



Beethoven's first movement of 6th symphony: