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Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Age: 56 †
Born: 1770
Born: December 16
Died: 1827
Died: March 26
Composer
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Improviser
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Organist
Pianist
Violinist
Virtuoso
Bonn
Germany
Beethoven
L. van Beethoven
Ludvig van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
L. Bethovenas
Ludwik van Beethoven
Louis van Beethoven
L. v. Beethoven
L. van Betkhoven
Never
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Strive
Toward
Learning
Stop
Given
Unattainable
Might
Gifts
Right
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