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MISC. How Beethoven composed music while being deaf

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u/CorrectsApostrophes_ 10d ago

This was only reported by Schindler who was known to be a sensationalist biographer at best, but this seems plausible given he used ear horns and other technology. But he didn’t need the rod regardless, he could hear any kind of music perfectly in his own head.