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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Legacy and Influence
Beethoven’s influence is profound and diffuse, serving as the ideological bridge between the Enlightenment ideals of structural perfection and the subjective emotionalism of Romanticism. His commitment to developing a musical argument across vast spans influenced virtually every major composer who followed, including Johannes Brahms, who revered Beethoven's structural depth.
Beethoven’s works are characterized by their dramatic use of the major/minor contrast, functioning as a binary exploration of human fate. Mat…