Beethoven

One of the most well-know composers of history is Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven was born in Germany in 1770. He grew up during a point in history when the ideas people held about music were beginning to change. His father was talented musician and he was attracted to music at a young age. His father began to teach him to play the piano and the violin before he was six years old. He played in his first public performance when he was just a child and his father was so impressed that he sent Beethoven to a school that would focus more on his musical abilities. There he was introduced to compositions by renowned composers such as J.S Bach and he excelled as a pianist and as a composer. Throughout his career he wrote over 200 different musical works.

Scherzo

The scherzo was introduced into the symphony and sonata during the Romantic Period and was made use of by composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Brunelli, and Johann Sebastian Bach. The scherzo replaces a portion of a long work containing several movements. The word literally translates to being a fast or lively movement of a composition. Beethoven included scheri in many of his works such as his Pastoral Symphony and Sonata No. 18 and they are usually written in triple meter. Composers continued to embrace the concept of the scherzo and write them into their compositions up into the Baroque and 19th century periods.