Ludwig van Beethoven · every age

What was Ludwig van Beethoven doing at 31?

Started going deaf at 28, wrote the Ninth hearing nothing

1. Oct 1802

   Wrote his will at 31, then chose to live

   The Heiligenstadt Testament. He wrote that his art was what held him back.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

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