Beethoven Free Essay, Term Paper and Book Report
Beethoven was born on the 15th/16th December 1770 at Bonn to a family which originated in Flanders. The particle 'van' does not indicate noble birth of any kind, and it was misleading when the composer translated this to the German 'von'. The composer's grandfather arrived at Bonn in 1733 and evidence has been adduced to show that he had been born at Malines (Mechlin). It might be safe to say that the family rose in Flanders from the social status of workmen to that ofpetits bourgeois. Both the grandfather and the father of the composer served as musicians in the chapel of the Elector, the former eventually becoming Kapellmeister and the latter, Johann, a tenor chorister. In 1767 this Johann married Maria Magdalena Keverich, daughter of the chief cook at a neighbouring court and widow of a court valet. Although Johann's father regarded the marriage as a social come-down for his son, there was in fact very little social distinction between musicians and other servants at the princely courts of the day. Of the seven children born to Johann and his wife only three survived infancy: the ......
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