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Beethoven

Beethoven was born in Bonn on December 17, 1770. His father was the tenor
singer in the service of the Elector of Cologne. Said to be a violent and unreasonable
man, he used to beat Beethoven when he came home drunk. He would make Ludwig feel
like he was nothing and worthless. His father would make Beethoven play and if Ludwig
was tired then he would just “beat” the music out of him. If he messed up on anything
that he played then he would get beaten again by his father.
Beethoven’s father
Despite his father's fierce teaching methods, Ludwig began to show signs of
assurance, and other teachers were called in to instruct him more. By the age of seven
Beethoven was advanced enough to appear in public. About a year later Christian Gottlob
Neefe took over his musical training and his progress from that day on was speedy. Ch. G.
Neefe introduced Beethoven to the works of Bach and Mozart. A while after that his Nine
Variations for piano in C minor were published...

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