Did Beethoven

1. Did Beethoven compose while deaf?
2. Why did Beethoven never marry?
3. Is Beethoven dead or alive?
4. Did Beethoven ever hear?

Did Beethoven compose while deaf?

The one thing everyone knows – or thinks they know – about Ludwig van Beethoven is that he composed some of music's greatest masterpieces while completely deaf. ... According to a leading Beethoven expert, the composer still had hearing in his left ear until shortly before his death in 1827.

Why did Beethoven never marry?

Personal Life. For a variety of reasons that included his crippling shyness and unfortunate physical appearance, Beethoven never married or had children. He was, however, desperately in love with a married woman named Antonie Brentano.

Is Beethoven dead or alive?

Ludwig van Beethoven, (baptized December 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne [Germany]—died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria), German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras.

Did Beethoven ever hear?

Beethoven could apparently still hear some speech and music until 1812. But by the age of 44, he was almost totally deaf and unable to hear voices or so many of the sounds of his beloved countryside. It must have been devastating for him.