Chapter 4 Beethoven-1

Do your best to do good, love liberty above all, never lie to the truth even for the throne. - Beethoven (Handbook 1792) He was short and stocky, with a stocky appearance and an athletic bone.A broad face of earthy red, the skin became sickly and sallow in later years, especially in winter, when he was kept indoors and away from the fields.The forehead is raised and extremely broad.The black hair is unusually thick, as if the comb has never been on it, standing upside down everywhere, like "the chaotic snake on the head of Medusa".The above is recorded by the British traveler Russell in 1822. In 1801, when Czerny was still a child, he saw Beethoven with long hair, a beard that had not been shaved for many days, and wearing sheepskin pants. I met Robinson A in the novel and was one of the three banshees in Medusa mythology, famous for her beautiful hair.Later, she offended Vulcan, and her beautiful hair became a poisonous snake.Czerny (1791-1857) was a famous Austrian pianist and a close friend of Chopin, whose piano performance was as famous as Chopin at that time.There was a strange power burning in the eyes, which awed all who saw him; but most could not distinguish their subtle differences.Because there was such a wild gleam from these eyes in a brown, tragic face, that they were always thought to be black; but they were actually gray-blue.According to the painter Kleber's records, he once painted Beethoven in 1818.Usually they are small and deep-set, but when they are excited or angry, they open up and rotate in the eye sockets, which wonderfully reflects their true thoughts.According to the doctor Miller's records in 1820: His expressive eyes are sometimes charming and gentle, sometimes bewildered, and sometimes aggressive, very terrifying.

He often gazed skyward with melancholy eyes.The broad nose is short and square, which is actually the appearance of a lion.A delicate mouth, but the lower lip often has a tendency to protrude more than the upper lip.The gums are so strong that they seem to be able to crack walnuts.A deep dimple under the left jaw gave his face an oddly asymmetrical appearance.According to Moscheles AA Moscheles (Ignaz Moscheles, 1794-1870), the British pianist said: "His smile is very beautiful, and there is an air that is often lovely and happy between conversations. But on the other hand, But his laugh is unpleasant, wild, ugly, and short"—that is the laugh of a man unaccustomed to merriment.His usual expression is somber, showing "an incurable sadness".In 1825, Restable said it took all his strength to hold back his tears when he saw "his tender eyes and their sharp pain". AA Rellstab (Ludwing Rellstab, 1799-1860), German poet.A year later, Braun von Braunthal met him in a tavern, sitting in a corner smoking a long pipe with his eyes closed, a habit he had grown up with before his death.A friend spoke to him.Smiling sadly, he took out of his pocket a little talking book; and in his sharp, deaf voice, he instructed the man to write down what was to be said. ——His face often changes, or when he is accidentally bumped into by someone on the piano, or when he suddenly feels something, sometimes even on the street, which surprises passers-by. "The muscles of the face suddenly swell, and the veins swell; the wild eyes become doubly terrible; the mouth trembles; as if a magician summoned a demon and was subdued by it", that is the face of Shakespeare.Kleber said it was the face of Ossian.The above details are collected from the records of Beethoven's friends and travellers who met him. A According to Ossian, he was a Scottish troubadour in the third century.Julius Benedict called him "King Lear." King Lear is a character in Shakespeare's famous plays.

Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in the attic of a dilapidated house in Bonn near Cologne.He was of Flemish origin.His grandfather, named Ludwig, was the best man in the family, had been born in Antwerp, and did not come to Bonn until he was twenty, where he was music master to the Grand Duke.Beethoven's character is most like him. We must remember the origin of this grandfather in order to understand Beethoven's unrestrained and independent nature, and other characteristics that are not all German. A According to the part of the border between France and Belgium and the western part of Belgium, it was called Flanders in ancient times.Flemish is the name of the people living in this area.Antwerp is the name of one of the largest cities in northern Belgium today.The father was an unintelligent and alcoholic tenor singer.The mother was a maid, the daughter of a cook, who first married a manservant, and then married Beethoven's father after her husband's death.