Johann van Beethoven, Beethoven's father, was his first teacher of violin, piano and singing. He studied theory and keyboard with Van den Eden, court musician from Bonn and friend of his grandfather Luis. These lessons did not last long, because Beethoven felt that they were a waste of time and that he knew more about music than Van Den Eden (Beethoven, n.d.). Beethoven also studied organ and piano with Tobias Friedrich Pfieffer. Musical director Christian-Gottlob Neefe of the National Theater in Bonn was Beethoven's first real teacher. By the age of 12 he was a talented keyboard virtuoso and pupil. In 1793 Neefe wrote about Beethoven in a music magazine: "This young genius deserves to be supported in his artistic endeavors. If he continues in the same way as he began, he will surely become a second Wolfgang-Amadeus Mozart" (Lane, 2006)7. In 1787 Beethoven went to Vienna to seek Mozart as a teacher. After listening to him, Mozart said, "watch out for that boy. One day he will give the world something to talk about." (Lane, 2006) Beethoven, however, was forced to return to Bonn due to his mother's illness. There is a discrepancy as to whether or not Beethoven ever received lessons from