The life of this exceptional genius (1770–1827), was embittered by progressive hearing
loss which he experienced at an early age and undoubtedly caused him very severe suffering
and had a hard effect on his state of mind, character and perhaps on his music. This
specific aspect is the subject of a recent paper [
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 10, 2020
Accepted:
April 1,
2020
Received:
March 25,
2020
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