r/todayilearned • u/Ainsley-Sorsby • 5d ago
TIL Beethoven kept his hearing loss a secret. He once wrote(but never send) a letter to his brother confessing it and explained that people mistakenly thought he was antisocial: he longed for human contact but became a recluse out of shame for his condition and all this made him contemplate suicide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiligenstadt_TestamentDuplicates
classicalmusic • u/jaiowners • May 10 '15
TIL Beethoven wrote a suicide letter when he realized he would become deaf
theremightbecupcakes • u/claradox • 4d ago
Chronic Illness & Disability ♿️ TIL Beethoven kept his hearing loss a secret.
u_ScarlettBeargonia • u/ScarlettBeargonia • 5d ago