Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770 in Bonn Germany. He did not have a very happy childhood for his father was an alcoholic and would often force him to play piano for unreasonable long hours. At eleven, he was assistant organist at the court chapel. At the age of 17, he played for Mozart, and Mozart commented “ Keep an eye on him, he will make a noise in the world some day”. And Mozart was right; Beethoven’s talents on the piano stormed the music loving aristocracy. He was a celebrity among most of the Viennese Patrons. He was not tied down to a patron; instead he had many patrons. He was showered by gifts or handsomely amounts of money for pieces and lessons. At the age of 20, the prime of his career in music, defines struck him and he retired to the resort of Heiligenstadt in 1802. This had a tremendous strain on him as he struggled emotionally. However, he fought back and regained strength, the rest of the career, he spent time and ceaseless effort to achieve music perfection until the age of 57. Beethoven’s compositional activity can be separated into 3 different periods. The first reflected the classical elements influenced deeply by Haydn and Mozart. The middle pierod consists of strong dynamic contrasts, explosive accents, and longer movements, all the styles of the early 19th century. In the 3rd period, Beethoven used more chromatic harmonies and developed a skeletal language with its fancy, nonessentials pealed away, leaving the simplicity behind. Beethoven was the supreme architect of music; His genius found expression in the structural type of the sonata and the symphony.

’s Old Testament. Bach raised existing forms to the highest level and pushed the technology of the organ to it’s fullest. He was a master of composition which his skills were never again matched by others.

Joseph Haydn born in 1732 in the village in lower Austria of Rohrau was a son of a wheelwright. He was nicknamed the father of classical style, because he influenced both Mozart and Beethoven. He was a choirboy at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna where he remained until 16, when he broke his voice. He attracted the notice of the aristocracy of Vienna when he was about 29; Haydn entered the service of the Esterhazy family where he remained for thirty years. After he left the Easterhazy, he went to England twice and conducted his works with phenomenal success. He died in 1809 leaving behind a successful career. Haydn’s music helped to perfect the new instrumental music of the late 18th century. His terse, angular themes were great for motivic development. In his later symphonie

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