One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

Ludwig van Beethoven may have gone deaf from lead poisoning caused by a penchant for fish and wine, Harvard scientists suggest. The composer was beset by health issues throughout his life ...

Beethoven was going deaf, struggling with his identity as a musician, and very much wanted to sort of find a path forward, a meaning, a reason to live. - I think one of the things that makes ...

Erster Satz.” Beethoven, absolutely deaf, once said: “He who can enter into the spirit of my music will be beyond the reach of the world’s misery.” His “Ninth” sublimates his own ...

Beethoven's devastating hearing loss scarred all of his adult life, from his late 20s onwards. His deafness deepened the conflict he felt between the inner world of his imagination and the ...