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<p> <b>Considered by many the world's greatest composer, Ludwig van Beethoven achieved his ambitions against the difficulties of a bullying and drunken father, growing deafness and mounting ill-health.</b> </p> <p>Here, Anne Pimlott Baker tells the story of the German composer's life and work, from his birth in Bonn in 1770 and his early employment as a court musician, to his death in Vienna in 1827. She describes his studies with Haydn in Vienna and his work during the French Revolution and the
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anne Pimlott Baker
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780750915090
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.92 / 5 (79 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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