Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827), born in Bonn Germany, began to show his music talent at age of three. He was known to be one of the most respected and influencial composers of all time. He was crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western Classical music. He composed well over 100 musics. In this biography painting, the artrist uses brush stroke and color to interpret five of Beethven's famous compositions.

1. Moonlight sonata 

There are many fantasies about the origin of The Moonlight Sonata. This painting is based on the most lovely one. The story goes like this:

The night before his concert performance, Beethoven was walking alone in a moonlight night along the Rhein river. He heard his music emanating from a cottage and paused to listen. Beethoven overheard conversation between a young women (the pianist) and her brother. She expressed her desire to hear the Master (Beethoven)  perform in next day's concert. But her brother said they were too poor to go. When Beethoven heard that, he burst through the door and told her he will play for her right there. When Beethoven discovered that she was blind, he was so moved; told her brother to put out the candles, let the moonlight shine into the room, and proceed to play for her "in the moonlight". The young girl standing next to the piano, with lovely smile hanging on her face, emotional tears run out from her eyes. This is how the famous sonata was born.

2. Symphony No.5 (Also known as Fate Symphony)   Four Movements

Symphony No.5 is considered one of the most popular and well-known compositions in all of European Classical music, and one of the most played music commonly used at inaugural concerts of new orchestras, as well as throughtout popular culture. The popularity rise due in large part to the fact that audiences can associate the music with Beethoven's personal life; whose genius, independence, eccentricities, and struggles with deafness. Beethoven's life sufferings and achievements can be related also to other human being of misfortune, or upheaval of reppressed people, race, or country. With the brush stroke and color, this artist can relate Symphony No.5 to the struggles and final triumphant of a bright, young boy dressed in green who lives on an island country without recognition.

     Movement 1.   

The music begins with the very famous three-short-and-one-long four-note motif, relentless concentration on a terse, quoted as the composer once said:The fate is knocking at the door!  The green boy is crushed by a chunk of landslide rock while he is hiking around the hillside. The audiences can hear the green boy cries in pain and disbelief. His yelling for help can be heard miles away.

     Movement 2.   

In this movement, the first phrase breathes sweet consolation, while the second points onward and upward, with a bold transition assuring the sufferer triumph and happiness. The caring nurse is doing her best to comfort the green boy who just lost his right leg after the amputation, encourages him to face the reality with courage, and teaches him to use the clutch so that his life can move on.

     Movement 3.  

It commences in a subdued, atmost mysterious manner. The green boy begins to realize and accept that the rainbow of his dream has been broken by the misfortune; the merciless evil is forcing him into the death tunnel. The green boy made his firm determination to fight evil with the clutch.  ( Beethoven fought his deafness with his musical talent. ) Throughout the movement, the audiences can hear repeated sounds of fierce fighting.

     Movement 4.   

Immediately after Movement 3, the triumphant and exhilarating of the finale begins. The joyous green boy emerges from the death tunnel, standing tall on his only leg, holding the clutch high in the air, so happy to see his dream rainbow glows in full circle. The audiences can hear him yelling to the world: Justice has prevailed!

3. Symphony No.6 (Also known as Pastoral Symphony)  Five Movements

Beethoven was a great lover of nature. He spent a great deal of time walks and composes in the rural farms.

     Movement 1.   

The painting portrays the symphony which begins with a placid and cheerful movement, depicting the composer's feelings as he walks along the winding country road which enxtending to the end of the horizon; the air is so fresh, the breeze is so gentle, the earth is decorated with various green vegetations. A few farm houses appeared in short distance away, next to the only church in town for farmers to worship together. White smokes drift softly off the chimneys.. What a picturesque scenery.

     Movement 2.   

The painting portrays this movement, entitled by Beethoven "By the brook," is held to be one of Beethoven's most beautiful and serene compositions. The stream emerges from the forest, white water running gently, forming a series of thin veils around the rocks. Colorful leaves decorate the tree brunches. The audiences can hear the sounds of nightingale (flute), quail (oboe), and cuckoo (clarinet) hiding nearby.

     Movement 3.   

This movement of the symphony depicts the country folk dancing and reveling in a neaby park yard. The movement ends abruptly when the country folk notice that raindrops are starting to fall.

     Movement 4.   

This movement depicts a violent thunderstorm with painstaking realism, starting with just a few drops of rain and building to a great climax. The audiences can hear the thunder, see the lightning, the falling trees caused by high winds, and sheets of rain blurs the eyes sight.

     Movement 5.   

The thunderstorm is over, replaced by the colorful rainbow hanging on the sky. The music starts quietly and gradually builds to an ecstatic culmination for the full orchestra. The mood throughout this finale is unmistakably joyful, the children are running around chasing the rainbow.

4 Piano Concerto No.5 (Also known as Emperor)   Three Movements

This concerto is very well known, and rather popular. In October 2007, it was voted listeners' favourite in the ABC Classic FM Classic 100 Concerto poll. This painting uses (the sound of) water flow in a river or stream to portrait the orchestra and/or piano.

     Movement 1.   

The mass of water from the melting snow runs into the rock foremation to produce the sounds of three full orchestra chords, followed by a series of ripples sounds like piano. The water flow then reaches the full strengh, passes three large rocks formation, generates powerful waves with the water sprashing into the air. The (sound of) crashing waves portrays the first theme of the orchestra; full of strength and determination, a picture of promissing future. The water flow then slowed down by the series of riverbed stones, generating ripples sound, like the pearls come loose from a broken necklace hitting the ground. Further downstream, occational orchestra join in when the water hit chunk of rocks. The movement seems the piano and the orchestra are going to war — and the piano wins.

     Movement 2.   

The second movement starts with a calm and reflective sound of orchestra. The water flow slowly, passing a church in an atmosphere of solemn and sacred. The quiet audiences slowly close their eyes and touch their souls. Before long, the water passing through the church surrounding, runs into pebbles of various sizes, generates gentle sounds of morning calls, one by one, to wake up the audiences in time to hear the voices of the mockingbirds.

     Movement 3.  

The piano begins the movement by playing its main theme. The water flows around various sizes of pebble piles, left then right, quick then slow.. The audiences seem to hear the sound of joyous folk dancing..Further downstream the water converges into a swirling pool; the sound of piano is replaced by the full orchestra for a pair of dancers performing their ballroom dancing.

5. For Elise 

This music is one of the most instantly recognized pieces of music from the Classical era, and it continues to work wonders in the ears and hearts of modern listeners and pianists. The manuscript of this music was undiscovered and unpublished until 1865, nearly 40 years after the composer’s death. Since then, the search for Elise began. Although many fantasies have appeared, no one can be for sure. It has been suggested as Beethoven's hand-writing was notoriously bad that he had actually written 'Fur Therese' (Beethoven was involved in a courtship with Therese Malfatti in 1810). Other suggested that Beethoven did write the name 'Elise' which was used then as an affectionate name for a loved one.

This painting adds one more fantasy for the storytellers: Whoever Elise was, she must loved wearing a red dress, that is why Beethoven had the red scarf.