Ludwig van Beethoven was not born deaf, but he gradually lost his hearing during the years. Initially, he kept it a secret, he felt shame, but in June 29, 1800, he wrote a letter to his friend Wegeler and reported about his condition for the first time. This letter is the first evidence of his problems, and this document provides …
This question is one of the most frequent inquiries about Beethoven on Google, and it is time we address it! Beethoven was not blind, his eyes were perfectly healthy. As he got older, just like for all of us, his eyes got weaker and he had to wear glasses. Other than that, his eyes were good. He had another major …
Ear trumpets had helped people with hearing difficulty for centuries. It helped Beethoven, too! What is this aid and how it works? Beethoven loosing his hearing Beethoven first experienced troubles in his ears in 1798, at the age of 27. Until that point he had perfect hearing, something a musician should have! Initially, he kept his problems a secret …
We continue our series of articles in which we learn about Beethoven’s deafness. We have already seen in an earlier piece that Beethoven was not born deaf, but later became one. This article investigates if he was deaf in both ears or just one. Beethoven was not born deaf, but lost his hearing continuously from about the age of 27, …
The Flow is a psychological term we use often. Although, it became popular in the past decades this state of mind is not new to humans. Buddhism and Daoism, under different name have this concept for thousands of years. What is it exactly and what evidence we have that Beethoven was familiar with the flow? What is the Flow? In …
Ludwig van Beethoven was not born deaf, he became deaf over a period of twenty years starting from 1798, at age 27. One day Beethoven had a tenor at his apartment. The two men argued about something, the tenor left in hurry just to return for something again a bit later. As he knocked on the door Beethoven jumped up …