Beethoven and the Gift of Silence
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Beethoven and the Gift of Silence
In 1801, at the age of 30, Ludwig van Beethoven complained about his diminishing hearing: “From a distance I do not hear the high notes of the instruments and the singers’ voices.”
Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks notes that Beethoven “raged” against his decline. To be able to hear his own playing, ...
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