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Beethoven's music inspires your heart, your mind, and your soul. Explore interesting Beethoven facts to learn just how revolutionary he was--and still is.
1.Beethoven reportedly hated giving piano lessons, unless his students were attractive women or overwhelmingly talented.
2.In his early 20s, Beethoven took music lessons from Joseph Haydn. They lost patience with each other easily and ultimately didn’t like each other.
3.When Beethoven was 25, his hearing started to decline. By age 27, he heard constant buzzing, and by 46, he was entirely deaf.
4.Even after Beethoven lost his hearing, he retained perfect pitch and composed some of his most important works.
5.Beethoven's 9th Symphony was revolutionary, in part because it was the first symphony that included parts for singers.
6. Beethoven was bedridden for months before he died. An autopsy revealed severe cirrhosis and dilatation of the auditory and other related nerves in the ear.
7. With his wild hair, disrespect for authority, and revolutionary music, Beethoven is often considered the world's first "rock star."
8. When Beethoven died, between 10,000 to 30,000 people attended his funeral at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Franz Schubert was a pallbearer at his funeral.
9. The Voyager spacecraft carries a gold vinyl record that contains, among other great works, two pieces by Beethoven.
10. As his deafness worsened, Beethoven was seen as anti-social. In his personal letters, however, he wrote: "My poor hearing haunted me everywhere like a ghost and I have avoided all human society. I seem a misanthrope and yet am far from one."
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Beethoven's music inspires your heart, your mind, and your soul. Explore interesting Beethoven facts to learn just how revolutionary he was--and still is.
1.Beethoven reportedly hated giving piano lessons, unless his students were attractive women or overwhelmingly talented.
2.In his early 20s, Beethoven took music lessons from Joseph Haydn. They lost patience with each other easily and ultimately didn’t like each other.
3.When Beethoven was 25, his hearing started to decline. By age 27, he heard constant buzzing, and by 46, he was entirely deaf.
4.Even after Beethoven lost his hearing, he retained perfect pitch and composed some of his most important works.
5.Beethoven's 9th Symphony was revolutionary, in part because it was the first symphony that included parts for singers.
6. Beethoven was bedridden for months before he died. An autopsy revealed severe cirrhosis and dilatation of the auditory and other related nerves in the ear.
7. With his wild hair, disrespect for authority, and revolutionary music, Beethoven is often considered the world's first "rock star."
8. When Beethoven died, between 10,000 to 30,000 people attended his funeral at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Franz Schubert was a pallbearer at his funeral.
9. The Voyager spacecraft carries a gold vinyl record that contains, among other great works, two pieces by Beethoven.
10. As his deafness worsened, Beethoven was seen as anti-social. In his personal letters, however, he wrote: "My poor hearing haunted me everywhere like a ghost and I have avoided all human society. I seem a misanthrope and yet am far from one."
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