Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig von Beethoven, born March 26th 1770. Beethoven's music career began at a young age with the help of his father who was a singer and an instrumentalist in the service of the Elector of Cologne at Bonn. At age 11 ½ he had his first debut for C.G. Neefe a court organist at the time to whom his father played for. At age 12 he published some music. In 1787 he went Vienna, but returned quickly when hearing of his sickly mother back home. After 5 years he returned to Vienna where he settled. He continued he studied with a man called Joseph Haydn.…