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The Beethoven family lived a difficult life in Bonn. Only young Ludwig and his talent at the piano offer any hope for the future - if he would stop composing his own pieces and play what's expected of him. In 20??, Mikael Ross was asked to do a small comic for the Beethoven Society. 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