On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his desk. Among them was the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter written in 1802 to ...

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

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 ...