Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized on December 17th 1770 at Bonn. His family originated from Brabant, in Belgium. The Beethoven family consisted of seven children, but only three boys survived, of whom Beethoven was the oldest. On March 26th 1778, at the age of 7 1/2, Beethoven gave his first know public performance, at Cologne. In 1782, before the age of twelve Beethoven published his first piece of work. It was called 9 variations in E minor.

Beethoven died March 26, 1827. I  