what was the causes?
2007-12-11 15:44:18 · 15 answers · asked by Irene E 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
His deafness came on slowly, starting around 1796, becoming quite problematic around 1801, until he became completely deaf.
No one knows for sure the cause. However, at his autopsy, it was noted "The ear cartilage is of a huge dimension and an irregular form. The scaphoïde dimple, and above all the auricle, were vast and had one and a half times the usual depth."
Later, some posited it was a lesion in the ear.
2007-12-11 15:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Beethoven was not Death. Death was an early death metal band from Florida from the mid 1980's to the early 2000's, and Beethoven was a musical composer in the late 1700's to the early 1800's. They were both awesome.
That put aside, it has been said that he died from lead poisoning.
2007-12-11 16:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A recent exination on a string of his hair showed dangerous levels of mecury, but his father would hit him over the ears every time he made a mistake on Piano. His father wanted him to be the next Mozart as in child prodigy, but he wasn't in fact he was fairly bad with music as a kid. I think Beethoven going deaf was the greatest thing that happened in music history. He began to write violent music trying to fight his fate and when he finally goes totally def he writes literally the most amazing music that was calmer and almost accepting of his fate. The Ninth was after he was completely deaf and obvious, but so were so many other great works like his last four piano sonatas and the last few of his string quartets.
2007-12-11 16:16:31 · answer #3 · answered by Exo_Nazareth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beethoven was not death. Death existed long before him. I believe he may have been deaf however. That is usually what you call it when people cannot hear.
2007-12-11 15:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by rockinjesusfreak03 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Beethoven wasn't born deaf. It is written in many contemporary accounts that his growing hearing loss was incredibly frustrating, as he could compose, but never hear it. His deafness is thought to have been from lead poisoning, possibly due to the practice of adding lead to wine to take bitterness from the flavor.
2007-12-11 15:52:41 · answer #5 · answered by sword_and_shield1 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He was DEAF. It helps if you use the right words in your questions!
Modern scholarship has surmised that Beethoven's deafness was caused by lead poisoning from utensils he used. A lock of his hair recently analysed shows very high levels of lead.
2007-12-11 21:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by del_icious_manager 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh my heavens! It's getting worse and worse. Dictionary.com is very easy to access: "death"-vs."deaf"?
And yes, he was totally deaf upon his death; but the onset I believe, first began in mid-life, and was progressive.
Wotan
2007-12-11 15:51:10 · answer #7 · answered by Alberich 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
beethoven was DEAF..not DEATH
2007-12-11 15:47:21 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some of those extended V-I-V-I codas sound like death, but no, Beethoven was not the grim reaper.
2007-12-11 15:58:14 · answer #9 · answered by kucletus 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Go to this website, it will tell you everything you want to know about his deafness:
http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyDeafness.html
He was not born deaf, he slowly progressive became worse.
2007-12-11 15:54:11 · answer #10 · answered by Diane B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋