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A GIANT COMPOSER

Beethoven was able to free music from the traditions that had tended to constrict it.

He was a child prodigy who held an important musical post at the age of 14.

He was a successful concert pianist, but when his health began to fail he turned to composing.

Even though bereft of hearing at the age of 49, he did not falter in his work.

Some of his later compositions reflect his sadness with his physical condition, but they also evince an exultation about man and life.