Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/beethoven.html

A brief biography with sound files of excerpts of major works is provided here.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven.html

Notes on the life of times of the artist from the Classical Music Pages are provided at this site with sound files of musical excerpts.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://www.lucare.com/immortal/

This detailed site integrates biographic and historical information on the artist with links to midi files and other resources.

Questions

1			Where was this artist born and educated?
2			Who were his contemporaries?
3			What were his most important musical pieces?
4			What were his most important musical accomplishments?