On Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and a pianist. He is still one of the most respected composers of Western music. Beethoven was born in Bonn, and his musical talent was at a very early age. Beethoven was the grandson of Ludwig van Beethoven (same name, i know), born in 1712. He was also a musician but from the town of Mechelen who had moved to Bonn at the age of 21. Ludwig, Beethoven's grandpa was a bass singer at the court. He eventually became a Kapellmeister, which is a music director. Ludwig had a son Johann (Beethoven's dad), who worked as a tenor. He was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven first. Beethoven was trained later on by Tobias Friedrich Pfieffer on the piano. He was then taught by Franz Rovantini, who helped him with playing the violin and viola, and Franz Anton Ries for the violin only. Johann was concerned abou...