his hearing but continued to compose and attempted to keep his impairment a secret. By 1812 he had become severely depressed over his hearing loss and failed marital hopes. In 1815 Beethoven was involved in custody case over his late brothers son which he eventually won. Towards the end of Beethoven 's life the Italian opera had become out of style. Beethoven died in Vienna in 1827 with over 10,000 people attendance at his funeral. To be shut off to a great extent from social intercourse for which on account of his generous nature, he always craving and to be unable to hear even his own creations was painful lot till the end of his days.Beethoven has left us some 135 works among them chamber music in every for m9 symphonies 1 oratorio 1operaand 2 masses. Most of these creations must be classed with the greatest music compositions the human mind has produced. In Beethoven instrumental music the vehicle of subjectivism par excellence finds its culmination after a gradual development extending over almost three centuries. In his hands it became the most powerful voice of prevailing Zeitgeist. Living in an age and atmosphere of religious liberalism when hegalian pantheism pervaded the literature of the day especially Geothe's fiction and peotry he could not escape their befogging influence. His statement that thoroughness and religion are nondebatable questions indicates both the spirit of the times and his own attitude it also explains his other saying that music must strike fire out of the mind of man.It has been pointed out that in most of his instrument works no less than in his opera Fidelio and the latter ending with achorla finale on sSchiller. Beethoven reveals and depicts the inner struggle against and the triumphant victory over doubt. His two Masses bear the sane subjective character. They are great works of religious art, but they must be considering apart of liturgical service....
