Ludwig Van Beethoven
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. ... Ludwig Van Beethoven was a German composer. ... Beethoven had shown an unusual talent for the violin and piano when he was a child. When he was eight years old Beethoven gave his first piano performance in public. His father was a court musician at Bonn and determined to make Ludwig known as a child prodigy. ... But Beethoven was treated as an equal with royalty and nobility. ... In the late 1790’s, Beethoven started to lose his hearing. ... Beethoven then permanently returned toVienna to live. ... The music Beethoven wrote during and after this time; had the classical precision of the 18th-century; as in the 1st symphony (1799).