In the beautifully smooth and flowing and singing lines we can hear the melancholy of lost love and simultaneously a philosophical and poetic contemplation. Such is the case in the two romances he wrote for violin. In his best music Beethoven was yearning for the infinite, searching for tranquility and freedom. A scholar once wrote, “Thus Beethoven was usually doomed to get nowhere in his relationships-as perhaps, unconsciously, he intended.” The theme of unattainable love becomes an important theme in many of his compositions. There was absolutely no chance that he would ever succeed. Most of the time, Beethoven felt affections for women of a much higher social standing. He often fell in love with his much-younger students, or with women that were already happily married or engaged to somebody else. He always seemed to fall in love with the wrong woman. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t particularly lucky in love. A contemporary observer wrote, “women simply threw themselves at him…Tall and handsome from any angle with Hungarian paprika pulsing through his veins, and simultaneously capable of transforming the piano into an altar-predominantly to worship himself-this highly observant and intelligent man exuded a magnetism that was partly based on personality cult, and also on a deeply spiritual inclination.” His “Dream of Love” is a great example of romantic classical music, and it represents the best of classical music. Believe it or not, audiences went absolutely hysterical looking at this first modern superstar of the stage. His name was Franz Liszt and he was part of a social phenomenon inspired by his personality and his playing.
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And the foremost musical personalities and arguable the greatest virtuoso of his day took full advantage of these changes. By the first half of the 19th century the instrument had undergone substantial technical changes.
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The late 18th century forte-piano became the rage with professional pianists, but amateurs from the aristocracy and the middle class also played it.
Don’t you just love the way the cello is able to sing such a sweet and powerful melody? However, the most romantic instrument has long been the piano.
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