Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the (36) composers whoever lived, tie thought people that could be (37) when they wrote music. Before his time, music was composed for a special (38) Often it was church music. Or, music was written to (39) at parties and concerts.
Beethoven was born iii Germany in 1770. He was a very musical child. The boy learned to play the (40) and piano, but he was not happy at home. His mother died when he was in his teens. After that, his father was often drunk and (41) . Beethoven became a tutor in a rich family. His student’ s mother was very kind to the young teacher. She helped him meet many famous (42) One of them was Mozart. He said, "that boy will give the word something (43) listening to".
When Beethoven was in his twenties, he began to go deal’. The deafness changed his behaviours. (44) . His friends found him hard to be around, but he kept composing even when he lost all his hearing.
Beethoven died when he was 57 years old. He had composed over a hundred pieces. (45) (46) Many later composers gained new ideas from Beethoven’s music.