Beethoven

Beethoven – From Child to Composer
One of the best known and most famous composers in history was Ludwig Van Beethoven. He was born into an average, but musical, family in a poor city in Germany. The purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of Beethoven as a composer.
Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770. He was born in Bonn, Germany. He was baptized on December 17, 1770 when he was just one day old.
Beethoven was born into a very musical family. His grandfather was a famous bass singer who was hired by the Archbishop of Cologne in Germany. His grandfather raised Beethoven’s father, Johann, to love music and also to be a great musician. Johann was a talented musician but not a very good father. Beethoven’s mother’s name was Maria Magdelena. She was a very loving mother to Beethoven and his brothers. His brothers’ names were Caspar, Carl and Nikolaus.
Beethoven went to the local primary school at age seven. He only studied here f...