Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. Ludwig van Beethoven (
English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March
1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. 6 in F major (Op. 68),
known as the Pastoral Symphony, was completed in 1808. Opus,
from the Latin word opus meaning "work" is usually used in the
sense of "a Work of art " One of Beethoven's few works of
program music, the symphony was labeled at its first performance
with the title "Recollections of Country Life". Programme music
is a form of Art music intended to evoke extra-musical ideas
images in the mind of the listener by musically representing a
scene image or mood Beethoven was a lover of nature who spent a
great deal of his time on walks in the country. He frequently
left Vienna to work in rural locales. He was, however, not the
first composer of his time to depict nature symphonically; for
example, Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons, premiered in 1802,
likewise portrayed the loveliness of nature, dancing peasants, a
thunderstorm, bird c