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Ludwig van Beethoven, a very well known pianist and song-writer was born in Bonn, Germany on the 16th of December 1770 and passed away in Vienna, Austria on the 26th of March 1827. Some might know that during the last ten years of his life, he was deaf. Although Beethoven was deaf, he has still continued to compose excellent pieces of music. Beethoven's music was based mainly in the Classical Period, but later in his life transitioned to the Romantic Period. Some of Beethoven's more well-known pieces are Moonlight Sonata, Pathetique and Fur Elise. Click the links below for more about Beethoven

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