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Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised on December 17th 1770 at Bonn.The ambiguity of Beethoven's own political outlook may have provided an opportunity for the Party to choose the composer and his music in a support ofits aims.His family originated from Brabant, in Belgium. His father was musician at the Court of Bonn, with a definite weakness for drink. His mother was always described as a gentle, retiring woman, with a warm heart. Beethoven referred to her as his "best friend". Beethoven and Rossini were both part of an age in which the value of a composer, like the value of anything, was ultimately confirmed in the public's eyes by.The Beethoven family consisted of seven children, but only the three boys survived, of whom Beethoven was the eldest. | find on this site: the lives of Beethoven's ancestors |
At an early age, Beethoven took an interest in music, and his father taught him day and night, on returning to the house from music practice or the tavern.
Without doubt, the child was gifted, and his father Johann envisaged creating a new Mozart, a child prodigy.
On March 26th 1778, at the age of 7 1/2, Beethoven gave his first know public performance, at Cologne. His father announced that he was 6 years old.
Because of this, Beethoven always thought that he was younger than