Deaf 40-years old Beethoven composing and directing his amazing Symphony No.9

Born in Bonn, Germany in 1770, Beethoven was born into a musical family with his father teaching him piano from the age of four. While music was the center of Beethoven’s childhood and early adulthood, it wasn’t until around 1790, when Beethoven was in his early 20s that he really matured into a composer. At the age of 22 Beethoven moved permanently to Vienna after meeting Europe’s most famous composer at the time, Franz Joseph Haydn, who took him on as a student. But, as Beethoven flourished and gained musical notoriety, he noticed a decline in his hearing from his mid-20s. While his hearing proceeded to decline over the next 15 years, Beethoven found ways to continue to compose music. At the age of 40, Beethoven was completely deaf, yet this was when he wrote his most famous symphony – Symphony No.9, also known as The Ninth. https://www.mso.com.au/the-blog/how-did-beethoven-write-one-of-his-greatest-compositions-while-deaf ↗️