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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Germany. He showed70. (music) talent 71 . an early age. He learned how 72. (play) the violin from his father, 73. was a singer. Mozart met Beethoven and 74. (impress) by him.
Beethoven met Haydn in 1971.After they had known each other for many years, Haydn encouraged 75. (he) to move to Vienna. Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for 76. rest of his life. As he grew77. (old)，he began to go deaf . He became 78. (complete) deaf during the last years of his life，79. he continued composing.