Ludwig Van

Beethoven
By: Amneet

Biography:
Born on December 16th, 1770 in Bonn, Germany
In between birth of two young brothers (1774 & 1776),
Beethoven started learning music from his father who was
an average court singer known more for his alcoholism than
his music
Beethovens father taught Beethoven music very brutally
and cruelly and this affected him for the rest of his life; he
would hit him for making mistakes and lock him in the cellar
depriving him of sleep for extra practice
Along with studying violin and the clavier with his father,
Beethoven went to other places to take lessons for other
organists
Dropping out of school at the the age of 10, he started
working for his family at the age of 14 in Vienna where he
started learning more about music with many famous
composers of the time including Mozart
From there on, Beethoven slowly rose to fame. Despite his
loos of hearing at the age of 28, he did not stop him from
doing what he loved. Many of his famous compositions were
created after him going deaf
Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 at the age of 57 with a
severe case of pneumonia

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 Beethoven loved to cook, so

much that he named one of his
pieces Christ on the Mount of
Olives

Interesting Facts:

Beethoven was known to have a

very unusual personality, one of
his flaws was short temper. He
would sometimes end
performances if he noticed
anyone in the audience talking
while he was performing
Beethovens deafness was a
result of lead poisoning
Beethoven was known for
improvising
On his first visit to Vienna, he
along with many others
performed for Mozart. However,
Mozart was only impressed with
Beethoven and said while walking
out of the room. Keep your eyes
on him, someday hell give the
world something to talk about.