BEETHOVEN Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770 in Bonn. Beethoven was the second oldest child of the court musician and tenor singer Johann van Beethoven. His father was said to be a very violent, intemperate man. He would come home late at night after he finished drinking. He would get Beethoven up out of the bed and make him practice his music lessons. Beethoven wound up developing a sensitivity and vision for music. By …showed first 75 words of 1120 total…

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