Wednesday 21 December 2011

Deafness 'shaped' Beethoven music

21 December 2011
Last updated at 12:42











Beethoven began to lose his hearing in his late twenties


Composer Ludwig van Beethoven's gradual deafness may have influenced his compositions, experts have announced.
As his hearing got worse, he favoured lower and middle-range notes in his music, scientists have said in the British Medical Journal.
An analysis of Beethoven's music has

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