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 styles of music.......

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