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Chamber Music of Beethoven’s Third Style Period

Ludwig Van Beethoven has been an artist who has always been studied by many people throughout time. Not only have his works been analyzed, but his life has as well. Generally, his lifetime is divided into three style periods in which he composed music. I will be concentrating on the third style period (a complete listing of the works he composed during this time is attatched), which is generally thought of as lasting from 1815 until his death in 1827 (Grout 536, Cooper 447). Before one looks at the works he composed during this time, it is important to give a brief overview of what was happening in his life at this time.
One of the largest issues plaguing Beethoven during this time was his health. During the third style period, he was continuously ill (which was not too uncommon throughout his life). A brief over view of his health during this time is as follows: chronic lung and bowel inflammation, Colic and inflammation of the lungs in 1815, diagnosis of a “lung disease...

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