What kind of suffering did Beethoven experience in his childhood?

Beethoven's grandfather and father were both court singers. Many times, his father was so drunk that he was not very good to his family, and he didn't even care whether his family had enough food and clothes. At first, the kind grandfather saved the family from too much suffering, and it might make him happy to see the great grandson's talent in music. But Beethoven died when he was only four.

Beethoven's father used to drag the child to the keyboard and make him practice hard for hours, slapping him whenever he played wrongly. Neighbors often hear children sobbing to sleep because of fatigue and pain. Soon, Faifr, a poor traveling musician, came to this town and was taken to Beethoven's house. He and old Beethoven drank in the hotel outside in the middle of the night, and then went home to take little Ludwig down to class, and sometimes the class didn't finish until dawn.

In order to make him look like a child prodigy, his father lied about his age, so when he was eight years old, he took him out to a concert as a six-year-old child. But genius is born, not made. Despite all the hardships, the old Beethoven never turned his son into another young Mozart.

Compared with Mozart, Beethoven's childhood was much less fortunate. First of all, Mozart received a good education, and his training time was pleasant and quiet, with a loving father and a beloved sister, while Beethoven was not. Although his performance has won the respect of his hometown, his performance in traveling around the world is not wonderful enough.