拥有对一位作曲家一生的亲密了解,总是让人很有兴趣,有时甚至很重要,但是这些对于了解这位作曲家的作品并不那么必不可少。对于贝多芬来说,切不可忘记1802年,那年他曾经考虑过自杀[他是在给兄弟们(卡尔和约翰)写的一封没有寄出的信里说的,后来被称为“Heiligenstadt Testament”(Heiligenstadt—现为维也纳的一部分—遗嘱)]—但他当时却创作了《第二交响曲》,那是他的作品中最具积极精神的一部。这就告诉我们,把贝多芬的音乐跟他个人的传记分开来,而不要把两者合并起来,具有极大的重要性。因此,本文的目的不是通过对他作品的分析,提供对贝多芬这个人详尽的心理研究,反之亦然。事实上,尽管此文确实聚焦于贝多芬的 It is always interesting and sometimes important to have a close understanding of a composer’s life, but these are not essential to understanding the composer’s work. For Beethoven, one must not forget that in 1802, when he considered suicide that year [he was in an undelivered letter to brothers (Karl and John), later called “Heiligenstadt Testament ”(Heiligenstadt - now a part of Vienna - testament)] - but at the time he created“ The Second Symphony ”, which was one of the most energetic pieces of his work. This tells us that it is of great importance to separate Beethoven’s music from his personal biographies without merging the two. Therefore, the purpose of this article is not to provide an exhaustive psychological study of Beethoven, through his analysis of his work, and vice versa. In fact, though this article does focus on Beethoven