英语小短文:贝多芬的生平介绍

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英语小短文:贝多芬的生平介绍
不用太高深.高一水平就行.至少60个词,也不要太多喔

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-- 贝多芬的一生
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, on December 16, 1770. His father and grandfather were both musicians.
Beethoven revealed his own musical talents when he was very young. At the age of 7 he was playing in public.
In 1787 Beethoven traveled to Vienna and met his idol, Mozart1. After playing a little on the harpsichord2 he asked for a theme, on which he improvised3 so wonderfully that Mozart listened with interest and said, turning to the other musicians present: “ This young man will leave his mark in the world some day.”
But Beethoven could not stay in Vienna. His mother fell ill, and he rushed back to Bonn.
In 1792 Beethoven returned to Vienna, where he spent the rest of his life. He became a pupil of Haydn’ s4 but was dissatisfied with his method of teaching. In order not to offend the famous master, he took lessons in secret from another composer, Joan Schenk.
Nevertheless, he quickly became famous. Then tragedy struck. He discovered that he was slowly becoming deaf. This was the great crisis of his life.
After this, Beethoven’ s music became more profound. He developed a completely original style of composing. It reflected his violent emotions, his sufferings, and joys. At this time Beethoven composed the most popular of all symphonies, his fifth, Fate, in which he expressed a musical depiction5 of his struggle with the fate of deafness. He dedicated his Symphony No.3, Heroic, to Napoleon, thinking he stood for “ Liberty, Equality and Fraternity6,” for he deeply sympathized with the ideals of the French Revolution. But the moment he heard that Napoleon had declared himself Emperor, he tore off the dedication of the title page.
It was during this last period of his life that he produced some of his greatest, most thoughtful works, among which was Symphony No. 9.
In 1826 Beethoven became seriously ill, and on March 26, 1827, he died, at the age of 57.
Twenty five thousand people lined the streets through which was carried the bier1 of the greatest composer the world has ever known. There were thirty torchbearers, among them Franz Schubert2, with other well known musicians, artists, authors and poets.
In the old cemetery3 in Vienna can be seen the Master’ s last resting place, which contains a simple monument4 on which is engraved the glorious name: “ Beethoven.”
The life of Beethoven is the life of a great artist who was also great as a man. His genius enlarged the language of music, for his compositions speak to the world of the struggles, aspirations and triumphs of the soul. They are deeply emotional and expressing the feelings of all humanity in their beauty. His character was a noble one. People respect him for his great genius and love him for goodness and the purity of his soul. Through grief and misfortune he bravely fought a lifelong battle with fate in order to be worthy of his high ideals. He was a man of profound vision and his music has deeply moved its listeners for generations.