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