ReadingtaskandwritingWorkbookP55AGoodMasterRememberedLudwigvanBeethoven,amajorcomposerofthenineteenthcentury,overcamemanypersonalproblemstoachieveartisticgreatness
Readthepassageanddiscussthequestions:1InwhatwaysdoestheservantadmireBeethoven
Headmireshispersistenceincomposingandthewaybeincludedhisfeelingsabouthisdeafnessintohismusic
2GivetwoexamplesofhowBeethoven'sdeafnessaffectedhim
Beethoven'sdeafnessaffectedhimpersonallybecausehehadtostopbeingaconcertpianistandconcentrateoncomposingmusic
Itaffectedhimmusicallybecausehewasabletousehisemotionsinhismusicandwriteevengreatermusic
3WhatmightBeethovenhavedoneifhehadnetgonedeaf
Ifhehadnotgonedeaf,Beethovenwouldstillhavebeenfamousasagreatpianist
4Whatwouldyouconcentrateonifyouweretogodeaf
5ManypeoplewerefrightenedwhentheyfirstmetBeetho