Who is Beethoven?

    Ludwing Van Beethoven was born in 1770. He is a German composer and he belongs to the Classical period. 

    He was the second child. His father wanted to became another musician. So he was given tution on violin, piano and compotion. Unfortunately Beethoven' s mother died when he was 17 and he had to support the famliy.

    Beethoven studied with Haydn who was another music composer for a short period. He began to loose his hearing around 1800. Attempts to restore his hearing did not work. But he did not criticized for being innovative. He was given a state funeral and Mozart' s Requiem K626 was performed. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. 

He wrote 32 piano sonatas, 35 sonatas, Sonata in F minor, Emperor Concerto. He died in his apartment in the Schwarzspanierhaus, Vienna, on 26 March 1827 at the age of 56.