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BEATING THE ODDS
The musical accomplishments of composer Ludwig van Beethoven have been all the more
remarkable for the fact that he lost his hearing ability from an early age. He developed the
symptoms of tinnitus, a constant sound of ringing in his ears that made it difficult for him
to hear. He is compared to Mozart for his genius and is considered the most eminent
musician after Mozart. Although his formal education never went beyond the elementary
level, he was trained in music under Joseph Haydn. He has always been acclaimed as a
brilliant piano maestro. His father and grandfather were the court musicians of a German
prince. Young Ludwig was often made to perform for his father's drinking companions in
the middle of the night and was even beaten if he protested
For the first thirty years of his life, Beethoven could
listen to and play music effortlessly. As a result, he understood sounds of musical
instruments and the pitch of the singing voices. He knew the harmony between music and
singing before he became completely deaf. His deafness was not sudden but a gradual
decline. This slow process of losing his hearing activated his mind to imagine how his
compositions would sound like. When he became completely deaf, he started to observe
the vibrations of the piano. The observations helped him realise that he could not hear the
high notes of the piano. To be able to hear his own compositions, he sawed off the legs of
his piano. The piano touched the floor and Beethoven would press his ear to the floor,
banging the piano keys to listen to the high notes in his compositions. The most
significant aspect of Beethoven's character was that he did not give up. With a brave
heart, he confronted the greatest challenge a musician can face and continued liina​

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