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Beethoven was born in Germany. He showed ___ 6 1 . (music) talent 62 . an early age. He learned how 63 . (play) the violin from his father, 64 . was a singer. Mozart met Beethoven and 6 5 . (impress) by him. Beethoven met Haydn in 1971.After they had known each other for many years, Haydn encouraged 6 6 . (he) to move to Vienna. Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for 6 7 . rest of his life. As he grew 6 8 . (old)，he began to go deaf . He became 6 9 . (complete) deaf during the last years of his life， 70 . he continued composing.