__________ 1. He began to lose his hearing around the age of 30. |
__________ 2. He died a poor man and was buried in an unmarked grave. |
__________ 3. Composer Joseph Haydn called him "the greatest composer." |
__________ 4. He first played the piano in public at age 8. |
__________ 5. He studied under Joseph Haydn and others. |
__________ 6. His famous operas include The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. |
__________ 7. Unlike most composers, he enjoyed great popularity while he was alive. |
__________ 8. He played piano by the time he was four years old. |
__________ 9. Moonlight Sonata was one of his greatest early piano works. |
__________ 10. Unlucky in love, he never married. |
__________ 11. He wrote his first opera when he was a teenager. |
__________ 12. His Pastoral Symphony reflected his love of the countryside. |
__________ 13. 10,000 people were said to have attended his funeral. |
__________ 14. He died a young man, in his thirties. |
__________ 15. One of his great works, Requiem, was completed after his death by another composer. |