Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the classical and romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time. Born in Bonn, which was then in the Electorate of Cologne in present-day western Germany, he moved to Vienna in his early twenties and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. His hearing began to deteriorate in the late 1790s, yet he continued to compose, and to conduct and perform, even after becoming completely deaf.
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