CHAPTER III. Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, the Composer--

Conflict of Dates--The House in Which He Was Born--Poverty of the Family--An Inebriate Grandmother and a Dissipated Father--The Composer’s Scant Schooling--His First Music Teachers--Lessons on the Pianoforte, Organ and Violin--Neefe Instructs Him in Composition--A Visit to Holland 53