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  • Today we're going to learn about the famous composer, Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven was a classical pianist and composer in the late eighteenth and early

  • nineteenth centuries, and remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all

  • time.

  • Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, in December of 1770.

  • He was the second of seven children, but only Beethoven himself and two of his younger brothers

  • lived for longer than a year.

  • His father Johann and grandfather Ludwig were both musicians, and when young Ludwig showed

  • early musical talent, his father hoped that his son would become a famous child musician

  • like Mozart had been.

  • Beginning at age five, his father had him taught to play the keyboard as well as the

  • violin and the viola.

  • The lessons were hard, and sometimes young Beethoven was pulled from his bed in the night

  • to practice until he cried.

  • He had his first public performance in March of 1778 at age seven, but his childhood performances

  • did not make him famous.

  • Young Beethoven struggled with math and spelling, and so at the age of ten, he left school to

  • study music full time with a new teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe, the Court Organist.

  • Neefe taught Beethoven to play the organ, and helped him to create his first compositions

  • which were published in 1783, when Beethoven was only 12 years old.

  • In 1787, Beethoven went to Vienna, hoping to meet Mozart, but soon after he arrived

  • he got word that his mother was sick and he returned home after less than two weeks.

  • She died soon afterwards and Beethoven began taking care of his two younger brothers.

  • In 1792 he returned to Vienna; Mozart had died the year before, and so instead Beethoven

  • studied with Joseph Hayden.

  • Beethoven gained many patrons in Vienna, who supported him and his work, and he began to

  • compose and publish more music.

  • Just as he was beginning to find success as a composer, Beethoven suffered a personal

  • tragedy: he started to go deaf.

  • He continued to compose music, but eventually his hearing loss became so severe that he

  • could no longer perform.

  • Even when he could no longer hear at all, Beethoven continued to create some of his

  • best work, including his Ninth Symphony, believed by many to be one of the greatest pieces in

  • the history of Western music.

  • The premiere of the Ninth Symphony in 1824 was the first time Beethoven had been on stage

  • in 12 years, but instead of performing, he helped conduct the orchestra.

  • The orchestra's regular conductor warned the musicians that because Beethoven could not

  • hear, they should ignore his directions and just keep playing.

  • Because of this, the orchestra finished the piece before Beethoven finished conducting.

  • The audience cheered and applauded, but Beethoven could not hear them.

  • One of the performers went over to him and turned him around, so that he could see the

  • people stand up and throw their hats in the air, or wave their arms and their handkerchiefs

  • so that he could see how much they liked his music.

  • The last few years of his life, Beethoven was often sick, and he died on March 27, 1827,

  • at the age of 56.

  • Although he fell in love with several different women throughout his life, Beethoven never

  • married or had children.

  • He was short, not very handsome, and had a bad temper, once trying to break a chair over

  • his friend's head.

  • Despite this, he had many close friends and was well-respected by the public.

  • More than 20,000 people attended his funeral.

  • Today, Beethoven is regarded as one of the best composers of all time, and his music

  • is known by people all over the world.

  • You probably recognize some of his music, even if you didn't know that it was by Beethoven.

  • I hope you enjoyed learning about the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven, and listening

  • to some of his beautiful music.

  • Goodbye till next time!

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