在本栏目我们回顾历史上本周发生的 历史事件—贝多芬诞辰 ，听听下面的短文，做做下面的练习，学习一些相关的英语表达形式。
本周是12月12日至12月18日历史上发生的事件。 | | On the 17th November 1770 the German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, was born. He was born in Bonn, Germany and both his grandfather and father were musicians. Beethoven gave his first public appearance, playing the piano, when he was eight and had his first piece of music published by the time he was 12 years old.
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| When Beethoven was 17 he went to Vienna and he auditioned as a student for Mozart while he was there. However he quickly returned home when he found out his mother was dying. Five years later Beethoven went back to Vienna to live. In a few years he had earned a name for himself as a pianist and was playing for the rich and famous. They supported him and in return, Beethoven dedicated his music to his audience.
When Beethoven was 28 years old, he noticed his hearing was going and eventually, he was left completely deaf. He only communicated with visitors and trusted friends by writing. It didn't stop Beethoven from writing music but life wasn't easy for him. Beethoven was seriously ill and he moved more than 52 times during his final years. Beethoven also took it upon himself to get custody of his nephew Karl. When the famous composer died at the age of 56, almost 30,000 people attended his funeral. Unlike some other composers of that time, Beethoven enjoyed recognition prior to his death.
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