How great was the humiliation when one who stood beside me heard the distant sound of a shepherd's pipe, and I heard nothing; or heard the shepherd singing, and I heard nothing. Such experiences brought me to the verge of despair;--but little more and I should have put an end to my life.
— Ludwig van Beethoven Early Modern

Composer, deaf genius

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Heiligenstadt Testament

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October 6, 1802

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