Yes, there were 6 composers that influenced him.
Mozart and Beethoven
The music of Mozart was a considerable inspiration to Beethoven, and influenced his early composing style.Josef Haydn taught Beethoven composition.
Yes, if you select three composers who composed only a little.
Beethoven
beethoven
Other composers used his pieces as a standard of greatness.
beethoven (he was deaf)
chopin, beethoven...
they were both composers
Composers.
Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms were three German composers.