1. Ludwig van Beethoven
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2. Composers full name
Beethoven's full name was Ludwig van Beethoven.

3. Date and place of birth
Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. His date of birth was December

4. Family information Beethoven was one of the 7 kids.
Four of his brothers or sisters died in his mothers stomach.
Three that survived were Ludwig van Beethoven, Caspar Anton carl, and Nikolas Johann.
In 1767 Johann van Beethoven(his father) married Maria Magdalena.
His father drunk a lot.

5. Childhood information
Beethoven inherited music from his grandfather.
He played Mozart's music.
He was locked in his room a lot to practice his talent playing music.
His life was frustrating because of his dad.
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6. Education information
Beethoven went to school at Bonn, but he only stayed for a few years and he did not learn much especially in math and spelling.
After quitting school he studied music.
His school mates remember him as a poorly dressed boy.
He always got bad grades.

7. Career information
Beethoven was really talented playing piano, he used most of his time playing piano.
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8. Adult life information
Beethoven never got married.
Beethoven moved to Vienna and did not want to go back to Bonn because it brings back memories from his awful childhood.
He spent most of his time writing music.
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9. Date place and causes of death
Beethoven died march in Vienna.
During his funeral thousands of mourners visited his funeral.
The cause of Beethoven's death might been from lead poisoning.

10. Famous songs
His famous songs were “Piano Sonata” , “The Funeral March” , “Moonlight Sonata”, “Pathetique” (sonata), “Adelaide the Creatures of Prometheus", and Symphony No.3 Eroica Op.55 E flat Major.

11. Style of music Beethoven's style of music was… Chamber music Sonatas
Symphonies
Songs
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12. Interesting facts
When Beethoven became death he started writing more romantic music.
Magdalena was a singer that said no to Beethoven's proposal because he was crazy and ugly.
Beethoven's father beat when he was a kid.
In march 29,1795 Beethoven made his first public appearance in Vienna.
Beethoven wrote both classical and romantic music.

13. Why should we study this composer
We should study this composer because Beethoven has many famous songs, he has lots of interesting facts. Also he is a very good example because he was death and he still wrote songs and played piano.

14. Websites & BOOKS
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