Beethoven for Kids: His Life and Music with 21 Activities
1790 Beethoven composes Cantata on the Death of the Emperor Joseph II 1791 Mozart dies on December 5 Beethoven becomes a music teacher for the von Breuning family 1792 Beethoven leaves Bonn for Vienna Johann van Beethoven Ludwig's father dies 1793 Beethoven studies with Haydn 1796 Symptoms of deafness begin Beethoven travels to Leipzig Prague Dresden and Berlin 1798 Beethoven composes the Piano Sonata in C Minor Pathétique Sonata op 13 1799 Napoleon becomes first consul of the new French government 1800 Beethoven conducts his First Symphony 1802 Beethoven writes the Heiligenstadt Testament and composes Symphony no 2 op 36 1804 Napoleon crowns himself emperor the Napoleonic Wars begin 1805 First public performance of Fidelio 1806 Collapse of the Holy Roman Empire Fidelio is revised and performed again 1807 Beethoven composes Symphony no 5 op
1808 Beethoven completes Symphony no 6 in F Major Pastoral op 68 premieres Symphonies no 5 and 6 1809 French army captures Vienna 1810 Beethoven meets Bettina Brentano and possibly Bettina's sister in law Antonie Brentano 1812 Beethovenvisits Teplice writes Immortal Beloved letters and composes Symphony no 7 in A Major op 92 and Symphony No 8 op 93 1813 Premieres Symphony no 7 and Wellington's Victory 1814 A revised Fidelio is successfully performed Beethoven's hearing worsens 1815 Napoleon is defeated Beethoven becomes the guardian of his nephew Karl 1816 Beethoven uses ear trumpets 1818 Beethoven begins to use conversation books 1823 Beethoven completes the Missa Solemnis 1824 Premieres Symphony no 9 in D Minor op 125 and the Missa Solemnis 1826 Beethoven becomes ill with pneumonia 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven dies on March 26
Otta The town of Bonn in 1700 VIBRATING SOUNDS Then let us all do what is right strive with all our might toward the unattainable develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us and never stop
