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Throuought his lifetime, the composer Ludwig van Beethoven made many great achievements through music that, even in modern times, continue to reach and inspire people from all walks of life. Though nearly all of Beethoven's sucesses were achieved through his will power and strong sense of ambition, some recognition must be acredited to his father, who, through rash treatment in Ludwig's earlier years, helped drive him to pursue his love of music. Little is known about Beethoven's actual birthday, due simply to the idea that Beethoven believed himself to be two years younger than his family and community suggested he was. "All throughought his life, Beethoven insisted that he was born in 1772, however, according to church records and personal family documentations kept during the time period, it is known that Beethoven's approximate time of birth and baptism was either December fifteenth or sixteenth, 1770 in Bonn, Germany" (Solomon 7-8). Beethoven was the second child born to his parents, and was their only child who would ever show an interest and obvious talent in the fine arts, namely musical composition and performance.
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