Beethoven

With the first couple of months it occurred to Beethoven that he was not receiving the attention that he wanted. Haydn and Beethoven came to the conclusion that he needed to find another teacher and left.
             Beethoven would work for many patrons through his time and noticed that he didn't like the treatment that some had given him. He remembered how Mozart had been treated when he worked for the Archbishop of Salzburg. He did not like the idea of that his happiness depended on how well his patrons treated him. He decided that he would not enter into the occupation of working for patrons. Beethoven would also find love for something else besides music in his life. He would fall in love many times but was never married. It is known that he wrote a letter to one of his beloved women, which is titled "Immortal Beloved"(Kinderman 355). Students all over the world have searched and searched through Beethoven's works to find out who this mystery girl was but nothing was ever found. Some say he never revealed to anyone who she was due to fear of public rejection by this women. .
             Beethoven's had many disappointments along the way, but this next one would turn out to be the turning point for Beethoven. Beethoven over time began to notice signs of his hearing fading away. This fact caused him to contemplate suicide several times. With Beethoven's whole career being based upon something that required good hearing, he had to be careful on whom he let in on the secret about his hearing because if he told the wrong person, his career might be jeopardized. Beethoven had to try to keep busy to try to keep money and jobs during this time. Beethoven would compose day after day to keep money flowing in. Although he was being paid, he was not satisfied with working under such stressful and rushed conditions. It is noted that if you looked back at Beethoven's composition notebooks that " he would return time and time again to some simple little melodies, change the notes, modify rhythms, and eventually produce on of the striking themes that are part of his famous symphonies (Samachson 109).