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BEETHOVENLudwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn Germany. His perplex was a singer in the service his father was a court musician that had little motivation and a drinking problem. His father noticed that Beethoven had a gift at a young age, and began precept him piano and violin. But Beethoven was a hard learner, he was self-involved and impatient. This probably led to why he was a loner and why he only went to academic school for three years. Beethovens father wasnt the only one who saw Beethovens talent, Gottlob Neefe (a German Organist) pass away young Beethovens mentor. Gottlob thought Beethoven was the next Mozart, so he sent him to Vienna to meet him. But Beethovens mother got sick so he had to come second home before he met him formally. By the time he came back to Vienna, Mozart had died so Beethoven seek help from Hadyn, another German composer. He became Beethovens second mentor and taught him new styles of music. Beethoven did his low shows in Vienna in 1795. He was the first composer that was not supported by wealthy persons instead Beethoven supported himself with money from selling his music. By 1778, Beethoven started hearing humming and sound sound in his ears, and it got worse. A few years later, he became completely deaf. Although he was deaf he could still write music. He finished his first symphony in 1800. In 1802, Beethoven became depressed and thought a lot about suicide. He went to a small village in Germany where he stayed for a few years. The next couple of years Beethoven created his most impressing masterpieces. In 1812 he had completed over twelve of his best works and he was known worldwide. But after this Beethoven did not release any music for awhile and he got in trouble with the law over around royalties to songs. But in 1817 he began composing again and he did through 1824. In 1824 Beethoven composed ii of his most memorable pieces, the Ninth Symphony, and Ode to Joy, these were two of Beethovens best compositions . The first time Beethoven conducted the Ninth Symphony, the crowd, at the end of it was at a tremendous applause. And Beethoven was still with his back turned on the podium until one of the soloists turned him around. In 1820 Beethoven won custody of his nephew Karl since his brother had