How would you like it if your friend was a great composer and composed a song just for you and your amazing talents. And what if that song became one of the composer’s most famous work? This is what happened to George Bridgetower, and his friend, the composer, Ludwig Von Beethoven. But, when people hear the name George Bridgetower, not much comes to mind. But when people hear who he is connected to, they begin to understand how important he was. Many people don’t understand how George Bridgetower childhood affected what his life as a young adult would be. And then after he was grown, how his friendships shaped the whole of music. George Bridgetower is a historically important person because his friendship with Beethoven lead to the creation of Beethoven's violin sonatas, #9, "sonata per Uno Mulaticco Lunatico.
So what was George Bridgetower’s early life like? The date of George Bridgetower birth…show more content… His early life was fairly important because it molded and refined his talent for the violin. Prince Wales taking George Bridgetower under his care lead for him to perform numerous concerts. And his friendship with Beethoven, even though it didn’t last, lead to a beautiful piece of music being created. This paper is worth reading because it shows the life of a man who is unknown, and yet, extremely important. Isn’t that how most people’s life are? They may do something very important that impacts the life of many, and yet they are completely unknown. But this paper shows that George Bridgetower wasn’t unknown, he wasn’t forgotten. Just because only a few people knew him at first, it takes one public revelation for his name to mean something. It’s the same for everyone. They may think that they are unimportant or not known, but it only takes one public mention for everyone to know them and what they have brought to the
