Who Is Responsible For Beethoven's Downfall

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Ludwig van Beethoven beethoven Beethoven was a deaf German composer, was born on December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne, Beethoven had two younger brothers who survived into adulthood, Caspar, born in 1774, and Johann, born in 1776. Beethoven's mother, Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, was a slender, genteel, and deeply moralistic woman. His father, Johann van Beethoven, was a mediocre court singer better known for his alcoholism than any musical ability. By 1784, his alcoholism worsening and his voice decaying, Beethoven's father was no longer able to support his family. Beethoven's two main personal problems, especially in later life, were his deafness and his relationship with his nephew, …show more content…

In 1815 he gave up hope of performing publicly as a pianist. After 1818 he was no longer able to hold a conversation with visitors, if any one wanted to talk to him they would have to write him. The second problem is when he became Karl's guardian because the death of his brother in 1815. Karl proved to be the trouble even though Beethoven already had worst problems like being death. Since Beethoven had so much stress already his temper became bad, with Beethoven’s temper bad it made him come off as unhappy and unpleasant. Beethoven being death affected his social life greatly, which changed his personality deeply towards anyone or anything. In Beethoven last year’s he wrote for himself instead of writing as a pianists. As a child Beethoven loved Mozart, Beethoven father and teacher inspired him to become a composer, in 1796, Beethoven performed in his first major concert tour. In 1800, Beethoven organized a new concert at Vienna including, notably, the presentation of his first symphony. In 1781, at the age of 10, Beethoven withdrew from school to study music full time with Christian Gottlob Neefe, the newly appointed Court Organist. At the age of twelve Beethoven published his first

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