Canon
A contrapuntal technique that the same melody is played by different voice and introduced in different duration
Canon mainly refers to a compositional technique which involves the use of counterpoint, where the same melody is played by different voices but each voice introduces the melody at different duration.
As each part introduces the same melody in a different duration, two melodies will appear at the same time since the second part is added (canon sometimes would be composed of two or more voices).
Canon is a typical example of polyphonic music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer, the predominant musical figure during the transition between the Classical to Romantic eras. He occupies an unprecedented dominance in the history of Western music history, and has been widely regarded as the greatest, most influential and most popular musician who ever lived.
Beethoven's music inherited the artistic atmosphere of Haydn and Mozart, penetrated the desire for dignity, vented the anger tortured by fate, and demonstrated his determination to fight with fate.
Compared to other musicians, Beethoven is effectively to interact the philosophy of life with audience through music. Although he was not a romantic, he had become the object followed by other romantics.
As a musician, Beethoven suffered from ear diseases. However, he was unwilling to succumb to fate, vowing to take fate by the throat, and continue to complete his career. In the last ten years of his life, without hearing any sound, his compositions influenced the development of music for nearly two hundred years.
