Describes the life of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer, a musical prodigy who learned to write music before he could write letters and grew up to become

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Musical Genius: Ludwig van Beethoven is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.8 and Literacy.L.2.2c. Re