How could Beethoven write music after he became deaf?

Answer 1

You mean "write" after he was deaf? Some of his most famous music comes from the period of time when he could no longer hear. * Diabelli Variations * Missa Solemnis * Symphony No. 9 ("Ode to Joy") * began his 10th Symphony (never completed) * five string quartets

Answer 2

Many songs but one of them is Opus 55:Symphony No.3 in E-flat major ("Eroica") (composed 1803, premiered 1804)

The above is one of Beethoven's orchestral works, not a song. In all, Beethoven wrote around 158 songs, which were either lieder or Volkslieder (folksongs).

For a list of Beetoven's vocal music (songs), and the dates when he wrote them, see the related link. For a frame of reference, Beethoven started to experience deafness from about 1798 onwards, and he was completely deaf by around 1812.

Answer 3

I believe you are referring to Ludwig van Beethoven, who never heard some of his latest (and most famous) works being performed.
Ludwig van Beethoven. (He's one of my greatest inspirations.)

Answer 4

He composed in the same way that he had always composed, and in which many other composers work. Trained musicians are usually perfectly well able to hear their musical ideas in their mind's ear. It may be helpful for them to try their ideas out on a keyboard, but it is not essential. Plenty of composers with normal hearing do not use a keyboard or other instrument when they are writing their music - Mozart and Britten, for example, are known for having largely composed their music in their heads. Beethoven himself never identified his deafness as a problem as far as writing music went. It affected him socially, and eventually as a performer, but never as a composer.

He claimed that he could remember how every instrument sounded and therefore he was certain that he could still compose. Some of his most impressive music was created when he couldn't hear it. Also he could feel the vibrations from the instruments. Beethoven devised a method using a wooden pole connected to the piano soundboard that he would clench his teeth onto. In that manner, he could hear the notes vibrate in his head.

Music is made by vibration, so deaf people can feel different ones, like Beethoven. Beethoven cut off the legs of his piano, so he could feel the vibration ( although some pianos at that time had removable legs. ) Beethoven would lay the piano flat on the floor, so he could feel the vibration. Because Beethoven had written a certain amount of songs before he became deaf he could remember about two thirds of all the notes he has used to play music.

Answer 5

Beethoven and Smetana are probably the best-known composers who continued to compose music after becoming deaf.

Answer 6

Ninth Symphony

Eighth Symphony

Seventh Symphony

Answer 7

Yes. Many of his best-known works were composed after he lost his hearing.

Answer 8

Ludwig von Beethoven wrote his finest music when he was deaf.

Answer 9

Beethoven could still write music after he became deaf because he could feel what he was writing in his HEAD