Music Of The Great Composers --

Ludvig Van Beethoven Beethoven was born at Bonn, December 16, 1770. His father was attached to the orchestra of The Elector of Bonn, and proved a strict, even tyrannical, teacher of his son. Beethoven soon became attached to the Elector's musical household himself, and composed much music. He was further instructed by Pfieffer, Van den Eeden, and Neefe. When on a visit to Vienna in 1787 Beethoven met Mozart, who prophesized that Beethoven would make a noise in..