Descending
To pass from higher to lower musical notes
"Descending" in music refers to a musical movement or progression that moves from higher to lower pitches, either within a single melodic line or across different musical parts.
For example, when a musical passage or melody descends, it means that the successive notes are moving from higher pitches to lower pitches. This can occur in various musical contexts, including melodies, scales, arpeggios, and chord progressions. Descending melodies often create a feeling of descent, relaxation, or closure, as they naturally evoke a sense of release and conclusion.
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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.
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