THE BEETHOVEN HOUSE
Beethoven's father was a singer at the Chapel of the Elector. He was not a good father, for he did not care to work even enough to make his family comfortable. But the mother loved her boy with all her heart, as we shall see.
BEETHOVEN'S FATHER
Ludwig was only four years old when he began to study music. Like children of to-day he shed many a tear over the first lessons. In the beginning his father taught him piano and violin, and forced him to practice. At school he learned, just as we do to-day, reading, writing, arithmetic, and later on, Latin.
THE FIRST LESSON
Never again after thirteen, did Ludwig go to school for he had to work and earn his living.
Do you wonder what kind of a boy he was?