The piano has long been a valuable member of American families. The instrument has been around since the 1700's and is still popular today as people own them for the enjoyment of music as well as the eye pleasing elegance of the furniture itself. The music that comes from these magnificent instruments is melodic and graceful. ... family. He later earned much respect from the aristocrats after moving to Vienna. By lessons, gifts, performances, and publishing, Beethoven was able to get by; however, he began to grow deaf in his late 20's. Being that music was his way of life, losing his hearin...

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... his two major piano concerti, the Septet and the First Symphony in 1800, and the Moonlight Sonata in 1801. Beethoven began realizing even before 1800 that he was gradually becoming deaf. For a musician there could not be a greater calamity. He couldn't muster enough strength to disclose this to the public. He became very irritable and stopped going to social functions. He ... fist. Post-mortem investigations revealed that he had liver cirrhosis, clogged arteries and degenerated auditory nerves. He was buried in the Wãhring cemetery. About 10,000 to 20,000 people gathered at the Schwarz...

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