From a young age, Ludwig Van Beethoven struggled with relationships and health. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born into a well mannered family of subdued musical talent. Beethoven, the eldest of three boys, was brutally worked from a young age to practice the klavier, which is similar to the piano. Beethoven's parents were polar opposites. His mother, kind, virtuous, and simply put, majestic was a saint compared to Beethoven’s father who was known as the town drunk. His father frequently abused his children, but it seemed that Beethoven often got the brunt of the beatings. Beethoven thought this was because his father had the impression that Beethoven was a talented prodigy, when in fact, Beethoven was slow-minded and dyslexic. As well as constant
