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LudwigvanBeethovenwasaGermancomposer.AcrucialfigureinthetransitionbetweentheClassicalandRomanticerasinWesternartmusic,heremainsoneofthemostfamousandinfluentialofallcomposers.Hisbest-knowncompositionsinclude9symphonies,5pianoconcertos,1violinconcerto,32pianosonatas,16stringquartets,hisgreatMasstheMissasolemnisandanopera,Fidelio.
BorninBonn,thenthecapitaloftheElectorateofCologneandpartoftheHolyRomanEmpire,BeethovendisplayedhismusicaltalentsatanearlyageandwastaughtbyhisfatherJohannvanBeethovenandbycomposerandconductorChristianGottlobNeefe.Attheageof21hemovedtoVienna,wherehebeganstudyingcompositionwithJosephHaydn,andgainedareputationasavirtuosopianist.HelivedinViennauntilhisdeath.Byhislate20shishearingbegantodeteriorate,andbythelastdecadeofhislifehewasalmosttotallydeaf.In1811hegaveupconductingandperforminginpublicbutcontinuedtocompose;manyofhismostadmiredworkscamefromthelast15yearsofhislife.