Overcoming Obstacles In Ludwig Van Beethoven's Life

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere,” is a quote from Frank A. Clark that Ludwig van Beethoven can most likely agree to. Throughout his life, Beethoven wasn’t dealt the easiest hand and he was able to overcome this in order to become the success he is known as today. In turn, some may claim that Beethoven would have made it “farther” in life if it wasn’t for these “distractions”; however, without these “distractions, or obstacles, Beethoven wouldn’t have lived the life that he did or fulfilled his legacy the way he did. Throughout Beethoven’s childhood, he was faced with challenges that many don’t seem to recognize. Beethoven was born on December 16th, 1770 in the city of Bonn, which is now known as Germany, to Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. His parents weren’t the …show more content…
Although Beethoven’s mother is said to be very respectable and moralistic, his father is claimed to be a better alcoholic than a singer. Some say that Johann would beat Beethoven for every mistake he made and every time he hesitated while practicing his music, which wouldn’t have left the best impression on young Beethoven. Along with his parents, Beethoven was the second child of seven, but only two survived infancy, Kaspar Karl and Nikolaus Johann, who will be known as his younger brothers. There isn’t much to know about those two until the Beethoven reaches adulthood, when conflict arises. However, the only person in Beethoven’s family that had the best influence on him was his grandfather, Ludwig van Beethoven, whom he earned his name from. His grandfather was once a marvelous singer and later rose