An Introduction to Beethoven’s Life 1770-1823 (2768 words, 4 pages)
BeethovenBeethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770 to Johann van Beethoven and his wife, Maria Magdalena. He took his first music lessons from his father, who was tenor in the choir of the archbishop-elector of Cologne. His father was an unstable, yet ambitious man whose excessive drinking, rough temper ...
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