Essay About Ludwig Van Beethoven And Beethovens Talent

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Ludwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn Germany. His mother
was a singer in the service; his father was a court musician that had little
motivation and a drinking problem. His father noticed that Beethoven had a
gift at a young age, and began teaching him piano and violin. But
Beethoven was a hard learner, he was self-involved and impatient. This
probably led to why he was a loner and why he only went to academic
school for three years. Beethovens father wasnt the only one who saw
Beethovens talent, Gottlob Neefe (a German Organist) become young
Beethovens mentor. Gottlob thought Beethoven was the next Mozart, so he
sent him to Vienna to meet him. But Beethovens mother got sick so he had
to come back home before he met him formally. By the time he came back
to Vienna, Mozart had died so Beethoven sought help from Hadyn, another
German composer. He became Beethovens second mentor and taught him
new styles of music.
Beethoven did his first shows in Vienna in 1795. He was the first composer
that was not supported by wealthy persons; instead Beethoven supported
himself with money from selling his music. By 1778, Beethoven started
hearing humming and whistling sound in his ears, and it got worse. A few
years later, he became completely deaf. Although he was deaf he could still
write music. He finished his first symphony in 1800.
In 1802, Beethoven became depressed and thought a lot about suicide. He
went to a small village in Germany where he stayed for a few years. The
next couple of years Beethoven created his most impressing masterpieces.
In 1812 he had completed over twelve of his best works and he was known
worldwide. But after this Beethoven did not release any music for awhile
and he got in trouble with the law over some royalties to songs. But in 1817
he began composing again and he did through 1824. In 1824 Beethoven
composed two of his most memorable pieces, the Ninth Symphony, and Ode
to Joy, these were two of Beethovens best compositions. The first time