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Composer of the Week Beethoven Unleashed: Making a Man (1770-1792) Episodes

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  1. Leaving home

    5/5 Donald Macleod looks at Beethoven's teenage encounters with Mozart and Haydn.

  2. Knowledge and power

    4/5 Donald Macleod examines how ideals of reason and freedom took hold in Beethoven's Bonn.

  3. A passion for piano

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores the beginnings of a lifelong love affair with the keyboard.

  4. A schooling of sorts

    2/5 Donald Macleod looks at how Beethoven's teachers left their mark on the young composer.

  5. Born into service

    1/5 Donald Macleod looks at Beethoven's humble beginnings as the child of a court musician.