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Johann van Beethoven
Father of Ludwig van Beethoven
In this Dutch name, the surname is van Beethoven, not Beethoven.
Johann van Beethoven[2][3] (c.
1739 or 1740 [4][5] – 18 December 1792) was a German musician, teacher, and singer who sang in the chapel of the Archbishop of Cologne, whose court was at Bonn. He is best known as the father of the celebrated composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827).
Johann became an alcoholic later in his life and was at times an abusive father to Ludwig.
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At 18, Ludwig had to obtain an order to force Johann to support his family. Johann died soon after Ludwig moved to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn.
Life
Johann van Beethoven was the son of Maria Josepha Poll (married 1733) and Lodewijk or Ludwig van Beethoven[6][7] (1712–1773; not to be confused with Johann's famous son of the same name), who was probably born in or near the city of Mechelen, in the Habsburg Netherlands