Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, in the year, 1770. He was born in a musical family because his father and grandfather were singers.
He learned piano at the age of four and later became an “assistant organist”. He also played the viola for Prince Elector’s orchestra. When he was 22 years old, he moved to Vienna to study with another composer, Josef Hayden.
Becuase of his playing talents, Beethoven was surrounded by curious people and impressed aristocrats supported him.
In his late twenties, he started to lose his hearing. He wanted to kill himself but he didn’t. Beethoven never managed to find a wife, but he was a sturdy man with a bad temper so he often stomps around Vienna deep in thought like an expert.
Beethoven died in March 1827 from an infected wound on his stomach, and twenty-thousand people attended his funeral.