Ludwig van Beethoven · every age

What was Ludwig van Beethoven doing at 27?

Started going deaf at 28, wrote the Ninth hearing nothing

1. c. 1798

   Ringing in his ears started around 27

   He told no one for a long while.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

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