Recently, we have been studying Western music for my Musics class. It all started from the Greek to the Romans to the Medieval to the Baroque and finally to the Classical period.

The Classical period interested me, unlike any other music in history (you can include the Romantic and the Impressionistic period there too) it has absolute class and elegance. I found it completely addictive and oh-so-amazing to put it simply. I just adore it everything about it. Almost every symphony and composition has a story (though some musical critiques will argue that this is completely untrue because Classical music has an absolute scale, meaning it refers only to the style not story).

The Classical composers that are argued round about until now are Beethoven (the renowned Deaf Genius, or I call him that) and Mozart (familiar name; Child Prodigy).

I wouldn't want to go all out on these two guys but I love their music so much! Beethoven's music especially! If you asked me on my personal opinion, I would choose Beethoven.

Beethoven Lives Upstairs is  a story book turned movie that I absolutely love and adore written by Barbara Nichel.

During one of our Musics class, we watched a documentary slash movie about Beethoven. It's entitled Beethoven Lives Upstairs and it was really cute. You would find Beethoven cute too in some parts. It features mostly his life when he turned deaf and all. It showed how he turned too perfectionist and too mad. But you'll understand what he's going through, once you see the film. I suggest you now that you watch it.

But I guess, for all you Mozart lovers out there, would hate me. Because I know for a fact that Mozart and Beethoven are long term rivals before and even after their death.

Mozart, and I have to be biased on this, is absolutely amazing. Why? Because he was a child prodigy. Get the picture? He's amazing because he was born that way (no Lady Gaga pun intended). Beethoven however, was not. He was laid down by his father to be perfect at all costs (because his father knows how Mozart was very popular because of his music) and so he wanted Beethoven to be the same. During his latter life, it was no surprise that he became a perfectionist as well.

And then the story continues, Beethoven becomes deaf but still creates music to die for (excuse my Grell Sutcliff pun once again) and his legend continues on.

And Mozart, well by default, created much more symphonies (he started creating when he was nine) and much more compositions, while Beethoven was still stuck on the fact that he couldn't hear anything.

What I really loved about Beethoven is that no matter what, he never stopped. And that's pretty inspirational. He was deaf and as we all know, hearing is the most crucial and important part for a musician.

That ends my discussion. Beethoven forever people.

Labels: Classical music, ludwig van beethoven, wolfgang amadeus mozart