LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

CHILDHOOD

• Parents were: Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven(2)
• His job as a child was to wake up in the middle of the night and play the violin for his father and his cruel friends.
• Siblings were: Ludwig Maria, Anna Maria Francisca, Franz Georg, Maria Margarita, Kaspar Anton Karl, and Nikolaus Johann(6)
• His father was an alcoholic and a mean judgmental person which kind of transferred in to who Ludwig Van Beethoven is.

WHERE HE IS FROM

• He was born in Bonn Germany and moved around a lot.
• Vienna is where Beethoven remained for 35 years, through his worsening and ultimately total deafness, composing the entire time.
• The composer moved more than 60 times while he lived there, and performed throughout the city at various theaters and halls—and sometimes in palaces.
• He died in Vienna, Australia

INSTRUMENT

BACKGROUND/SCHOOL

• He learned the violin, piano, and music at a very young age.
• He played the violin in high school
• He did not go to collage

ERA

• He played in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras.
• He wrote nine symphonies and an opera too.

WHAT STYLE?

• Beethoven wrote vocal music throughout his life
• he also wrote chorus’ and orchestra’s

FUN FACTS!

• He was actually the third Ludwig van Beethoven in his family
• He studied with Mozart's teacher — Franz Joseph Haydn
• He was unlucky in love
• We don't really know why he became deaf
• He died during a thunderstorm at age 56.

5TH SYMPHONY

9TH SYMPHONY

opera fidelio

What I like about the opera Fidelio, is that was the only opera that Ludwig Van Beethoven wrote.

SITES I USED!

• Brittanica.com
• Wikipedia.org
• Biography.com