Ludwig Van Beethoven

1. Ludwig VanBeethoven By: Thomas Morrison

2. Birth Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on the 16th or 17th of December in 1770. According to records Beethoven was never born! This is the building Beethoven was born in.

3. Childhood Beethoven was baptized on December 17th in 1770. He did not have a happy childhood. Beethoven’s father would not let him play the music in his head. Sometimes his father would come home late at night drunk and make him practice his music. Beethoven’s father, Johann Beethoven’s mother, Maria

4. Beethoven’s Accomplishments Here are some of the things he composed . . . Nine symphonies Hundreds of sonatos And many concerts Some of Beethoven’s sheet music

5. InterestingFacts Beethoven lost his hearing by the age of 31. He became furious when Napoleon became the emperor of France. He kept a love letter in his desk till his death.

6. ImportantQuotes “Only pure in heart can make good soup.” “Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eye’s of woman.” “Any one who tells a lie has not a pure heart and cannot make good soup.”

7. The Death of Beethoven Beethoven died on March 26th 1827 in Austria. The most likely cause of his death is lead poisoning from drinking to much cheep wine. Beethoven’s grave.