Hloðwig van Beethoven
Hloþwig van Beethoven (Niwþeodsc Ludwig van Beethoven, spricþ "LUD-vih fan BĒ-to-ven", 16 Gēolmōnaþ 1770 – 26 Hrēþmonaþ 1827) ƿæs Germanisc songcræftmann and pianosinga. Hē ƿæs ƿeorþliċ þæs hƿeorfendan tīman þāra Classiscan and Rōmantiscan ylda, and sƿā ān þāra grēatost sangcræftmanna eallan yldan ofstenþ. In Bonne geboren, fōr hē tō Wīene and þǣr ƿunode in his ǣr tƿentigƿintrum, mid Joseph Haydne leornende and ƿæs sƿiftlic cūþ sƿā cræftful pianosinga. Þēah ƿearþ hē dēaf in his ǣr tƿentigƿintrum, þurhstōd hē tō ācræftenne and singenne.