The transition of music from Classicism to Romanticism could not have happened without the numerous contributions made by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most influential German composers and pianists of all time. And the music during his lifetime acted almost as if it were simultaneously elevating itself, then revolutionized through the hands of Beethoven as he absorbed the classical style directly from many famous musicians such as Mozart and Haydn and then served his audiences with a wide variety of types of music that no one could have ever imagined. Yet in his music people found unique expressive musical ideas that no other previous composer had attempted to convey, and this may be due to the continuous and difficult challenges he faced throughout almost his entire life starting from adolescence. But Beethoven always communicates with music almost like a friend, with whom he can truly dialogue and tell true stories, feelings and hopes. And as we know, because Beethoven did not go deaf immediately, he had time to review and reevaluate the direction and purpose of his remaining career and life. And from the large number of compositions that were written after Beethoven began to go deaf, we can certainly believe that he had many more musical ideas and concepts that he wanted to show to people, and which ultimately placed him in one of the highest positions in the classical music, as well as one of the most influential composers for musicians of the Romantic period. In the Classical period, Europe was experiencing many changes in architecture, literature, and the arts due to the impact of the Classical Antiquity movement. And we can also see this in Beethoven's early works, where he demonstrated the typical character...... middle of paper ......creating compositions that interested the public.Works CitedFirst edition. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862-1890, http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:IMSLPDisclaimerAccept/46101Jones, David Wyn. Beethoven: Pastoral Symphony: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 32-4Kallendorf, Craig. A Companion to the Classical Tradition: Blackwell Publishing, 2007, 57-8Köhler, Louis. Sonaten für Piano sol: Leipzig: CF Peters, 1910, http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/27752Köhler, Louis. Sonaten für Pianoforte sol: Leipzig: CF Peters, 1910, http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:IMSLPDisclaimerAccept/51718Schindler, Anton Felix. BEETHOVEN AS I KNEW IT: Faber and Faber Limited, 1966, 78-9Scott, Marion M. The Master Musicians Series BEETHOVEN: JM DENT & SONS LTD, 1974, 132-34Suchet, John. The Friendly Guide to Beethoven: Hodder Education, 2006, 224-25