Early Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised（施行浸礼） on December 17th 1770 at Bonn. His family originated from Brabant（布拉班特省）, in Belgium（比利时）.

At an early age, Beethoven took an interest in music, and his father taught him day and night, on returning to the house from music practice or the tavern. Without doubt, the child was gifted, and his father Johann envisaged（面对） creating a new Mozart（莫扎特）, a child prodigy（神童）. 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 12, Beethoven published his first work: 9 variations, in C Minor, for Piano, on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler. And the following year.

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