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Ludwig van Beethoven, probably the most well known name in music history to say the least, was brilliant. He practically redefined western classical music by transforming it into a powerful expression of philosophical thoughts and feelings. He was committed to the principle of Classicism-but not to every one of its manifestations, and certainly not to the mood behind it. (Listen 214). There was excitement in his music. A distinctiveness that divides it from Mozart and Hayden. He took music to such musical heights as to make a critic say, “All arts aspire to condition of music.”(top-biography.com) Just few of his recognizable pieces include Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata. From these pieces is how the majority of people today know the German musical genius. But a closer look will be observed. There is much to know about the life of the eccentric and almost mysteriously complex character. Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany, to Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethov