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Across
  1. 1. began composing music when he was only four years old
  2. 4. nicknamed "The Red Priest"
  3. 7. abandoned a medical career to become a composer
  4. 10. had 20 children
  5. 11. obsession with counting and fear of the number nine
  6. 12. was almost entirely deaf
  7. 15. pioneered a new opera genre known as 'Music Drama'
  8. 16. abandoned his law studies to pursue music
Down
  1. 2. once survived a duel because a button on his coat deflected a sword
  2. 3. considered a difficult and unkempt man
  3. 5. an unusual love for animals
  4. 6. was born in Germany, in 1786
  5. 8. was very shy and disliked performing in public
  6. 9. composer of Canon in D
  7. 13. known as the "Father of the Symphony"
  8. 14. adored merry-go-rounds and circuses.