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Birthday
He was born in Bonn Germany. He is one of the best music composers in the world. His accomplishments were -
Brutal Childhood
At a young age Beethoven learned to play piano, and violin and took lessons from his father and tutors. The rigor, and brutality from his father would effect him for the rest of his life. His father would sometimes wake him up in the middle of the night to perform for his fathers drinking companions. -
Dying Father
Beethoven's father had worsening alcoholism and his voice was decaying so he will no longer be able to support the family. He could not do much so he would just wait until death eventually. At this time Beethoven was performing music to earn money for his family. -
Going to Austria.
Beethoven had learned a lot about music in Germany and performed it, but he was about to do something big. He will be living in Vienna mostly because he had hoped to seek out Mozart so he could learn from him. Beethoven was great with music but he thought he could be even better so he could on day be a great musician. -
Back Home Again
Beethoven's father was very ill and he might soon die so Beethoven went back home to aid his father. He was trying to help his father but no one could do much and he knew that his father could die any month now. In April of 1792 his father died and a little later he returned to Vienna. -
Deticated to His Work
He spent most of his time in Vienna because he had important work to do if he wanted to become a composer. This meant that he was not travelling that much except for a few times. the only thing on his mind was becoming a composer and he was going to do it no matter what it takes. -
Becoming Deaf
Beethoven is now a music composer, but the trouble was he started to become deaf. He is still going to be a music composer even if he can barely hear anything. One thing he could do was know what people say by looking at their mouth moving when people were talking. -
Composing
By 1812 he was composing at a very furious pace and despite his disability he kept on it. On thing he said was," I am deaf, If I had any other profession I might be able to cope with my infirmity, but my profession is a terrible handicap. He composed an opera, 6 symphonies, 4 solo concerti, 5 string quartet, 6 string sonatas, 7 piano sonatas, 5 piano variations, 4 overtures, and 4 trios. -
The Huge Struggle
Beethoven was now more deaf then ever, and he kept running into problems, but he knew he was not going to live on for that much longer. He had made some more great music, but he has already slowed down his composing. The last thing he composed was Ode to Joy, it was originally a poem by Fredrick Schiller so Beethoven turned it into song lyrics and a piece of music to go along. -
Beethoven's Death
Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 26 1827 in Vienna Austria, people claimed his death was caused by post-hepatitis cirrhosis of the liver. Beethoven got a disability and managed to cope with it even when composing. Many of the music pieces that Beethoven composed are still being looked at today all over the world.
