Ludwig van Beethoven · every age
What was Ludwig van Beethoven doing at 44?
Started going deaf at 28, wrote the Ninth hearing nothing
- Nov 15, 1815
His brother Kaspar died; the fight over nephew Karl began
He battled Karl's mother for custody for five years.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Portrait: Portrait: Joseph Karl Stieler (1820), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
