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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