My Biography Report on Ludwig Van Beethoven

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My Biography Report on Ludwig Van Beethoven

• Enrichment PowerPoint Project November 2007

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Personal Information

• He was born on December 16, 1770 Bonn Germany he
  died March 26, 1827
• Beethovens education
• Beethovens grandfather and father were both
  musicians
• He was never married
• His father was his first teacher
• He studied with Haydn in Vienna
• Beethovens occupations
• He got money by teaching music, playing music and
  publishing music

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Accomplishments

• Beethoven published music at 12 years old
• He wrote all different styles of music
• Different styles
• 9 symphonies, 1 opera, 32 piano sonatas,5 piano
  concertos and 16 string quarters.

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Qualities

• After he was deaf he still composed
• He fought hard at his deafness
• He played for Mozart
• He was very independent

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Your Choice

• Beethovens deafness was very serious to his
  life. He kept it a secret until 1801. He was
  totally deaf by 1818. He continued to compose
  until the year of his death. He was very
  sad/angry about his deafness he thought about
  ending his life.

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Bibliography

• www.edinboro.edu
• www.beethoven.com
• www.home.swipnet
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.biography.com