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Beethoven was the first composer to earn what?

A successful living


What is Beethoven's occupation?

Beethoven mostly made his living by selling publishing rights to music he had composed and also by teaching private music students.


What composer was the first to make a living withouth the help of rich patrons or religious organizations?

Ludwig van Beethoven


Was Beethoven alive when George Washington was president?

it could be no/yes , because at that time the war had already begin when the composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was living. And George Washington was fighting at war.


As an adult did Beethoven live and was he employed by someone?

Beethoven was a composer who worked for commission - patrons would pay him to write for them. He also made money by selling many of pieces to multiple publishers; sometimes more than one publisher at a time (which was very frowned upon).


Was Beethoven Canadian?

If you mean Ludwig van Beethoven, the famous composer, he was born in Bonn, Germany and spent a good section of his life in Vienna, Austria. so he was definitely not Canadian. However, his great nephew lived in Canada. This was Ludwig von Beethoven (he went by von, not van), who was the son of Beethoven's nephew Karl. He was born in 1839, and lived in Montreal and Toronto in the early 1870s (he is listed as living at 48 King St. E in the 1873 Toronto City Directory).


How did Beethoven make his living?

Beethoven was a composer who worked for commission - patrons would pay him to write for them. He also made money by selling many of pieces to multiple publishers; sometimes more than one publisher at a time (which was very frowned upon). he composed many pieces even after becoming deaf at 28 years of age.


What did Johann Pachelbel do for a living?

He was a music composer.


What did William grant still do for a living?

he was a composer and died


What exactly does a freelance writer do for a living?

A freelance writer will write general interest stories and then try and sell them to local papers or magazines. Some freelance writers have a contract with multiple companies and articles are assigned before they write a story.


What is Beethoven's occupation?

Beethoven mostly made his living by selling publishing rights to music he had composed and also by teaching private music students.


What did mozarts father for a living?

No one knows for sure what his mother did for a living