Ludwig van Beethoven · every age

What was Ludwig van Beethoven doing at 42?

Started going deaf at 28, wrote the Ninth hearing nothing

1. Dec 1813

   Wellington's Victory premiered, a huge popular hit

   A battle piece for a benefit concert; it made him more money than his symphonies.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Portrait: Joseph Karl Stieler (1820), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source