Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. He showed____talent when he was very young and learned ____ (play) the violin and piano from his father,____ was a singer. Mozart was____ (impress) with him. ″He will give something wonderful to the world," he said.

        By the time he was 14, Mozart had become a big star and toured Europe giving ____(concert). Haydn and Mozart were friends until Mozart’s ____ (die) in 1791.

        As Beethoven grew older, he began to go deaf and became ____ (complete) deaf during the last years of ____ life, but he continued ____ (compose). Such is ____father of the symphony.