The Compositional Influence of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Ludwig van Beethoven’s Early Period Works

In the early period of Ludwig van Beethoven\u27s life (1775-1802), his compositions exhibited the Classical style and showed hints of the expressivity to come in the Romantic Era. His music was no doubt influenced by many musical figures around him at the time, including Joseph Haydn, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Beethoven\u27s own father, Johann van Beethoven. But who exerted the strongest influence on Beethoven\u27s early period works? An analysis of Beethoven\u27s studies and his Sonata No. 5 in C minor offers compelling evidence pointing towards Beethoven\u27s role model, a fellow Classical composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart