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... Beethoven ( vän bā'tō - věn ) . Beethoven and Napoleon are the two men who rose to heights of leadership in their day . But how different is their fame , for where Napoleon failed in his great opportunity , Beethoven is the brother Of ...
... Beethoven ( vän bā'tō - věn ) . Beethoven and Napoleon are the two men who rose to heights of leadership in their day . But how different is their fame , for where Napoleon failed in his great opportunity , Beethoven is the brother Of ...
Page 217
... Beethoven grew in number . Beethoven was more than a gifted man . He was a genius . To know something of who and what Bee- thoven was , we must go far from Vienna to the little German city of Bonn ( bon ) , where Beethoven was born and ...
... Beethoven grew in number . Beethoven was more than a gifted man . He was a genius . To know something of who and what Bee- thoven was , we must go far from Vienna to the little German city of Bonn ( bon ) , where Beethoven was born and ...
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... Beethoven came to Vienna because in no other city could he find the training he desired . Beethoven was already a skillful musician , but he wanted to meet Mozart and to study with Haydn . When Mozart heard the young man play , he knew ...
... Beethoven came to Vienna because in no other city could he find the training he desired . Beethoven was already a skillful musician , but he wanted to meet Mozart and to study with Haydn . When Mozart heard the young man play , he knew ...
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