Beethoven biography for children

How to say the name:

&#;Beethoven&#; is said like Bay-toe-van. &#;Ludwig&#; is said like &#;Lood-vig&#; (and &#;van&#; is easy to say!).

Born:

In Bonn, Germany, probably on 16th December (he was baptised on the 17th).

Died:

26th March in Vienna, Austria.

Buried:

Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna.

Type of Music:

Classical music from the end of the classical period, to the beginning of the romantic period.

Some famous pieces:

• Für Elise (a popular piano piece to learn).
• &#;Moonlight&#; Sonata (for the piano).
• Symphony No. 5. (See below for a video.)
• &#;Ode to Joy&#; from Symphony No. 9. (See The Great Composers page for a video.)

Some (very!) great pieces:

• Symphonies Nos. 3&#;9. (See below for videos of No. 3 and No. 5. See also The Great Composers page for a video of No. 9.)
• Late String Quartets (Op. , , , , , ). (See below for a video example.)
• Piano Concerto No. 5
• Plus many, many more great pieces!!

Some interesting facts:

• He was one of the greatest composers of classical music ever!
• In later life he became totally deaf (so he couldn&#;t even hear his own music :cry:)!!
• When he was little, his father forced him to practice the keyboard for hours and hours. His father

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  Violin

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  Bust

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  Ear trumpet

  Beethoven was do something of listening in his mids viewpoint was wholly deaf gross the provoke of 45 or middling. He wrote in notebooks in instruct to make known with starkness. An artificer made a hearing draw out for him, an done up in trumpet, and over that why not? could have a stab better, but in dive of occurrence, Beethoven didn’t like these devices bid hardly on any occasion used them.

  Painting

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  Composition

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Hey Kids, Meet Ludwig van Beethoven | Composer Biography

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Ludwig van Beethoven (Baptized Dec 16, ) German Classical/Romantic Era Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in , to Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich. Although Beethoven's exact birth date is not known, his family celebrated it on December Ludwig's first musical instruction came from his father Johann who was said to have been a harsh instructor. Johann later asked his friend, Tobias Pfeiffer, to teach his son. It seems that the harsh treatment continued, as Johann and his friend would come home late on occasion to pull young Ludwig from his bed to practice until morning.

Ludwig's talent was recognized early on, and by he was learning to play the organ and viola in addition to his piano studies. His most important teacher in Bonn was Christian Gottlob Neefe, a Court organist. It was Neefe who helped Beethoven publish his first piece of music.

In , young Beethoven decided to travel to Vienna, hoping to meet and study composition with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is not clear if he succeeded in meeting or studying with Mozart. By his twenties, Beethoven began to suffer from hearing loss. He did, however,