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What was Ludwig van Beethoven doing at 38?

Started going deaf at 28, wrote the Ninth hearing nothing

  1. Dec 22, 1808

    Premiered the Fifth and Sixth symphonies in one concert

    The program ran four hours. With no heating, the audience is said to have sat there freezing.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
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