An irrepressible impulse toward freedom is the most prominent peculiarity of the man and artist beethoven nearly all of his observations no matter what their subject radiate the word liberty in his remarks about composing there is a complete exposition of his method of work 31. Beethoven is widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of musical construction sometimes sketching the architecture of a movement before he had decided upon the subject matter he was one of the first composers to s ludwig van beethoven 16 december 1770 26 march 1827 was a composer of the transitional period between the late classical and early romantic eras. Beethoven the man and the artist as revealed in his own words dover books on music paperback february 17 2011 by friedrich kerst author h krehbiel editor 45 out of 5 stars 33 ratings. Beethoven the man and the artist as revealed in his own words ludwig van beethoven bw huebsch 1905 110 pages 1 review preview this book