Living with Deafness Strong, and brave these two words describe one of the greatest composers ever, Ludwig Van Beethoven. “To play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is inexcusable”(Viegas p. 55)
Next some of the signs of deafness are when you start asking people to repeat themselves but talk louder and slower. Another sign of going deaf is when you hear a loud ringing in your ear this is called tinnitus and it can be very painful and annoying to you. Being deaf isn’t only annoying to you, but it can be annoying to other people as well, especially if the person is very impatient because if you are chatting with a person that is very impatent he/she would get very tired of repeating themselves. Beethoven was the kind …show more content…
The hearing aid is a device that you can put into your ear and it will help you to hear better, but it is mainly for people that have only lost a little bit of hearing and not so much for completely deaf people.
Although Beethoven was deaf, he wrote some of his most famous music when he was completely deaf. He also said most of his famous quotes while he was completely deaf.
Beethoven was famous for many reasons, one was because of his great music and two was because he wrote it when he was almost deaf or completely deaf. He has also had many awards and accomplishments, one of his accomplishments was that he went to Cienna to meet Mozart and play some of his music for him, but because of his dad's death 3 weeks after he went to vienna and he never got to play for Mozart.
After that Beethoven's deafness got worse as the ringing in his ears kept getting louder and louder and he kept losing his hearing until the tinnitus (ringing in his ear) stopped and he couldn't hear anybody, not even people's voices not his music he couldn’t hear anything and at that moment he immediately knew he had gone completely deaf and wouldn't be able to hear …show more content…
Most of Beethoven's most famous quotes were said when he was completely deaf or still slowly losing his hearing as the ringing in his ears got worse. Some of beethoven's quotes were “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life”(Viegas p. 41) and “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy”(p. 27 viegas) the most famous quote that Beethoven has ever said was “ A poet is the most precious jewel of a nation”(p. 33 viegas) this quote by Ludwig Van Beethoven seemed to be the most famous/most loved quote said by Beethoven and it was the most loved quote by him because people just said it touched their heart the most Beethoven was getting older and his heart rate started having heart failures and he was becoming less active and weaker people also noticed that he was much angrier. Because Beethoven was much weaker he was always in a hospital bed and was given calming medicine to keep him calm and not as angry. Beethoven’s last hours were very short he only spent a couple of weeks in the hospital. Then on March 26, 1827 Beethoven died as he shook his fist at the thunderstorm happening outside the
Next some of the signs of deafness are when you start asking people to repeat themselves but talk louder and slower. Another sign of going deaf is when you hear a loud ringing in your ear this is called tinnitus and it can be very painful and annoying to you. Being deaf isn’t only annoying to you, but it can be annoying to other people as well, especially if the person is very impatient because if you are chatting with a person that is very impatent he/she would get very tired of repeating themselves. Beethoven was the kind …show more content…
The hearing aid is a device that you can put into your ear and it will help you to hear better, but it is mainly for people that have only lost a little bit of hearing and not so much for completely deaf people.
Although Beethoven was deaf, he wrote some of his most famous music when he was completely deaf. He also said most of his famous quotes while he was completely deaf.
Beethoven was famous for many reasons, one was because of his great music and two was because he wrote it when he was almost deaf or completely deaf. He has also had many awards and accomplishments, one of his accomplishments was that he went to Cienna to meet Mozart and play some of his music for him, but because of his dad's death 3 weeks after he went to vienna and he never got to play for Mozart.
After that Beethoven's deafness got worse as the ringing in his ears kept getting louder and louder and he kept losing his hearing until the tinnitus (ringing in his ear) stopped and he couldn't hear anybody, not even people's voices not his music he couldn’t hear anything and at that moment he immediately knew he had gone completely deaf and wouldn't be able to hear …show more content…
Most of Beethoven's most famous quotes were said when he was completely deaf or still slowly losing his hearing as the ringing in his ears got worse. Some of beethoven's quotes were “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life”(Viegas p. 41) and “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy”(p. 27 viegas) the most famous quote that Beethoven has ever said was “ A poet is the most precious jewel of a nation”(p. 33 viegas) this quote by Ludwig Van Beethoven seemed to be the most famous/most loved quote said by Beethoven and it was the most loved quote by him because people just said it touched their heart the most Beethoven was getting older and his heart rate started having heart failures and he was becoming less active and weaker people also noticed that he was much angrier. Because Beethoven was much weaker he was always in a hospital bed and was given calming medicine to keep him calm and not as angry. Beethoven’s last hours were very short he only spent a couple of weeks in the hospital. Then on March 26, 1827 Beethoven died as he shook his fist at the thunderstorm happening outside the