Musical composition parallels literature in the drama and development of one or more individuals through complex life circumstances. Ludwig van Beethoven's music is an autobiography ... 's time. More importantly, how disabilities are perceived today is far different, as well. A contemporary study of Beethoven's work, taking into consideration medical thought on his deafness, the three distinct periods of his music and finally, response to his music during the latter period of his life, make it clear that ... musical boundaries."(Alsop) For example, Beethoven's late spring quartets, Opus 127 t...

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... between fast, slow, and medium. Italian terms used in musical notation denote more than a dozen different tempos, which included allegro, moderato, and lento. Within the changing meter of rhythm, song notes of various pitches were intertwined. Tone color (timbre) distinguished the sound and characteristics that separated one instrument or voice from another. The classical era between 1750 and 1820 was defined ... in which it should refer. It is generally accepted that an attitude to music that can fairly be described as "Romantic" was already in existence in the 1790's in discussions on e...

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