Born in Vienna the 17th of December 1770, Ludwig van Beethovan was the son of Louis van Beethovan and Maria Josepha Poll. Beethovan grew up surrounded by music as three generations of Beethovan’s were employed as musicians at the court of the Electorate of Cologne. Beethovan was taught the piano and violin at an early age by his father and gave his first perfomance at the age of only eight, where he performed various concertos and trios. Beet