Can anyone of you tell how did Beethoven made to continue with the composition when he became stone deaf? What kind of man can hold such an enormous torment as not being able to hear his own music, how did he do that?!
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Originally posted by chopithoven:
Can anyone of you tell how did Beethoven made to continue with the composition when he became stone deaf? What kind of man can hold such an enormous torment as not being able to hear his own music, how did he do that?!
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Originally posted by Peter View PostWell of course he could hear his own music in his head - this is not a problem for a trained musician. I think Beethoven was more affected on a social level where every day dealings with people became a nightmare - in the early stages of his deafness he was terrified of people finding out about his affliction and avoided company as much as possible - this was of course intolerable and resulted in the crisis of the Heiligenstadt testament.
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'Man know thyself'
On top of that: from some of the score sketches Beethoven made of the late quartets (btw nearly the only example of this type of sketches in the whole of his output) one cannot conclude otherwise than that Beethoven knew exactly what he was composing.
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