BEETHOVEN



Ludwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn Germany. His mother



was a singer in the service; his father was a court musician that had little



motivation and a drinking problem. His father noticed that Beethoven had a



gift at a young age, and began teaching him piano and violin. But



Beethoven was a hard learner, he was self-involved and impatient. This



probably led to why he was a loner and why he only went to academic



school for three years. Beethoven's father wasn't the only one who saw



Beethoven's talent, Gottlob Neefe (a German Organist) become young



Beethoven's mentor. Gottlob thought Beethoven was the next Mozart, so he



sent him to Vienna to meet him. But Beethoven's mother got sick so he had



to come back home before he met him formally. By the time he came back



to Vienna, Mozart had died so Beethoven sought help from Hadyn, another



German composer. He became Beethoven's second mentor and taught him



new......

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