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gVo
nBe
etho
ven
12/
16/
1770-3/26/
1827
Bor
ninGermany

LudwigvanBeethov
enwa sborni
nBonn,Ger
ma ny.Hisfat
her,
who
wasasinger
,washisrs
tteacher.
Aft
erawhil
e,eventhoughhewa s
st
il
lonlyaboy,L
udwigbecameat r
avel
i
ngperfor
mer ,
a ndsoon,he
wassupport
inghisf
amil
y.

I
nhisearl
ytwenti
es,Beethovenmov edt oVienna,wherehespent
therestofhi
slif
e.Beet
hovenwa soneofthe rstcompos erstoma kealivi
ngwithoutbei
ng
empl oyedbythechurchoramemberoft henobi l
i
t y
.At rst,hewa sknowna sabri
ll
ia
nt
pianist
.Butwhenhewa sa
round30yearsold,Beethovenstartedgoingdeaf.
E v
enthough
hec ouldnolongerhearwell
enoughtoplaythepi ano,Beethovenc omposedsomeofhis
bestmus i
cafterhewasdeaf!

Beet
hovenisc
onsi
deredoneofthegreat
estmusic
algenius
eswhoeverli
ved.
Hema ybe
mostfa
mousforhisni
nesymphonies
,buthealsowrot
ema nyotherk
indsofmus
ic:
chamberandchor
almusi
c,pi
anomus ica
nds t
ri
ngqua r
tets
,andanopera
.
The Bl
ues