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  2. 3 days ago · May 7 marked the 200th anniversary of the first performance of Beethoven’s famed Ninth Symphony, largely regarded as his greatest work and his final symphony. Completely deaf at the time ...

  3. 6 days ago · At 7 p.m. May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven, then 53, strode onto the stage of the magnificent Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna to help conduct the world premiere of his Ninth Symphony, the last ...

  4. 4 days ago · It is highly unlikely he had dangerously high levels of lead in his blood at this early age. “Also his copious drinking of cheap contaminated wine was something that developed much later in life. So the cause of his deafness remains a mystery. One day though, given the advances in science, we will certainly know.”. Two locks of hair ...

  5. 3 days ago · AFP via Getty Images. DNA extracted from Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair has already revealed intriguing details about the famed classical composer’s many medical ailments. Scientific analysis of ...

  6. 5 days ago · Two hundred years ago today, Beethoven debuted his “Symphony No. 9” at a theater in Vienna. The composer was nearly deaf, so no one is quite sure of how much of the audience’s thunderous ovations following the piece he heard. The piece was viewed as revolutionary in its time and remains much-beloved to this day […]

  7. 2 days ago · The story of the premiere of Symphony No. 9 is widely told and disputed. Beethoven had steadily lost his hearing during the course of the symphony’s composition, and by the time of its premiere he was profoundly deaf.

  8. 4 days ago · When the symphony premiered on May 7, 1824 at a theater in Vienna, Austria, Beethoven was, for all intents and purposes, completely deaf. So when he stood on stage appearing to conduct the ...

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