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Beethoven was baptised on the 17th of December 1770 in Bonn. He took a profound interest in music at an early age and his father taught him every day. His father knew he was gifted and envisaged turning him into the new Mozart, a child prodigy. On March 26th 1778 Beethoven gave his first public performance. He was only 7 ½.

Beethoven’s first teacher was Gottlob Neefe and with him he learnt the organ and of compositional techniques. Neefe could see great talent in Beethoven. In 1782, at the age of 12, Beethoven published his first work, 9 Variations in C minor For Piano. Under Neefe’s recommendations, in 1784 Beethoven was appointed organist of the court of Maximillan Franz, Elector of Cologne. This occurred when Beethoven was at the young age of 14.

Prince Maximillan Franz could see extraordinary talent in Beethoven and so he sent him to Vienna in 1787 to meet Mozart and further his musical education even more. Whilst in Vienna he took lessons with the renowned Haydn. Whilst in Vienna he made quite a name for himself and earned a good reputation. He was famous amongst many aristocratic figures and was greatly admired.

As talented as he was Beethoven often had an angry and short-tempered personality. However, his significant skills often overrode this aggressive behaviour. While he was still a young a new composer Beethoven had already started pushing the boundaries of music, incorporating things others hadn’t before.

In 1801 Beethoven confessed to his friends his worry of becoming deaf. This started a turmoil of emotions for Beethoven however he continued to compose as his hearing deteriorated. As he became deaf his creative spark only became brighter and was doing more and more interesting.

He also took on many private students; particularly those of whom he thought were attractive. He fell in love with several of them. He did this as, despite his fame, he still had many financial problems.

In 1826 Beethoven caught a cold coming back from brother’s house. This heavy cold complicated many other health issues which he had had for his whole life. On March 26th 1827 he passed away, surrounded by his closest friends.


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