| __________ 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. |
