Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was born     1     Germany. He started his musical training when he was five     2    (year) old, and his teachers worked him so hard that he often cried. He started writing music when he was nineteen, and two years later he moved to Vienna    3    (study) music and perform. Beethoven first became famous as     4     pianist. However by 1800, his musical works were so popular that he was     5    (think) of by many as the most important composer of his generation. During this same period, he     6    (slow) became deaf. Even though he could not hear with his ears, he could still write music because he could hear music in his head. Most of his     7    (great) musical works were completed after he became deaf. In the later part of his life, he had many     8    (healthy) and money issues. He was also lonely because the woman he loved and wanted to marry     9    (leave) him. His friends tried to help him through his dark times,     10     his life became marked by sadness. He died after a long illness in 1827.