As mentioned earlier within the essay, the composer had an operation done on his eyes. This resulted in the loss of his sight. Bach still composed after losing his sight, looking to his pupils to help him with his dictation. This is something that I can directly relate to, giving that I have had hearing problem in the past. Not giving in to physical limitations is incredibly challenging, and is one of the main reasons why I respect both Bach and Beethoven specifically. Even though both of them experienced periods of time without some of their basic senses. This shows that music is a force that cannot be stopped. It cannot be contained by physical abilities, and will not be stopped due to a series of unfortunate events occurring to the musicians’ body. There are many things that influenced both Bach’s and Beethoven’s hearing and sight loss. Beethoven’s hearing loss is blamed by many people on his physically abusive
As mentioned earlier within the essay, the composer had an operation done on his eyes. This resulted in the loss of his sight. Bach still composed after losing his sight, looking to his pupils to help him with his dictation. This is something that I can directly relate to, giving that I have had hearing problem in the past. Not giving in to physical limitations is incredibly challenging, and is one of the main reasons why I respect both Bach and Beethoven specifically. Even though both of them experienced periods of time without some of their basic senses. This shows that music is a force that cannot be stopped. It cannot be contained by physical abilities, and will not be stopped due to a series of unfortunate events occurring to the musicians’ body. There are many things that influenced both Bach’s and Beethoven’s hearing and sight loss. Beethoven’s hearing loss is blamed by many people on his physically abusive