What Are Beethoven's Major Accomplishments

Ludwig van Beethoven was an outstanding music composer, especially considering he was deaf most of his life and career. He was born in Bonn, Germany; historians believe he was born December 16, 1770, but no one knows the exact date of his birth. His mother was Maria Magdalena Keverich and his father was Johann Van Beethoven. He had two brothers Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven, and Caspar Carl van Beethoven.

One of the most difficult part of his life was having to deal with his father, Johann van Beethoven. Beethoven’s father was an alcoholic; when Beethoven was a child, Johann physically and mentally abused his son into practicing music. The brutal way that his father taught him music affected him the rest of his life. Neighbors have reported

He was distraught, constantly struggling to be involved in any conversation, he was unable to understand the words that were being spoken to him. He wrote a letter to his friend Franz Wegeler in 1801, confessing that he had been avoiding social events due to his insecurity of his deafness and accepting/ admittance of the fact (especially considering his profession of being a musician). Little did he know his biggest insecurity actually helped him with his most accomplished works. According to “Ludwig Van Beethoven.” Biography.com, www.biography.com/people/ludwig-van-beethoven-9204862. From 1803 to 1812, he created an opera, six symphonies, four solo concerti, five string quartets, six string sonatas, seven piano sonatas, five sets of piano variations, four overtures, four trios, two sextets and 72 songs. Those years were known as his “middle or “heroic”

He was madly in love with a married woman named Antonie Brentano. He wrote a love letter for her, that took him two days to write, however he never worked up the courage to actually send it. In the letter he confessed the feelings from the bottom of his heart. According to Biography.com parts of the letter said "My heart is full of so many things to say to you — ah — there are moments when I feel that speech amounts to nothing at all — Cheer up — remain my true, my only love, my all as I am yours." Beethoven never got married, and he never had kids. In 1815, after the death of his brother Casper. There was a huge legal battle between Beethoven and his sister-in-law Johann over the custody of Karl van Beethoven his nephew. This battle went on for seven years, in the end Beethoven ended up winning custody of Karl van