Ludwig van Beethoven was, and is still today, a Legend in the history of classical music. His influence on music is unequalled. Perhaps no other composer in history wrote music of such exhilarating power. No other composer did so against the trials and hardships that he had went through. He beat the odds to become who he was. A
Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770. His father, a music enthusiast, dreamed of molding his son into the next Mozart. Beethoven never showed the same characteristics that Mozart had shown when he was young, but was unusually talented, learning the piano, organ and violin at an early age. At 14, he was already proficient enough on the organ to receive a professional appointment.
His family life was chaotic, his father was an alcoholic, and his mother died
suddenly when he was only 17. After that tragedy, his situation at home worsened even more, and this condition, combined with support from Haydn, compelled him to leave home in 1790 and......
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