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Hearing Beethoven - A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery (Paperback)
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Hearing Beethoven - A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery (Paperback)
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Loot Price R520
Discovery Miles 5 200
You Save R51 (9%)
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We're all familiar with the image of a fierce and scowling
Beethoven, struggling doggedly to overcome his rapidly progressing
deafness. That Beethoven continued to play and compose for more
than a decade after he lost his hearing is often seen as an act of
superhuman heroism. But the truth is that Beethoven's response to
his deafness was entirely human. And by demystifying what he did,
we can learn a great deal about Beethoven's music. Perhaps no one
is better positioned to help us do so than Robin Wallace, who not
only has dedicated his life to the music of Beethoven but also has
close personal experience with deafness. One day, Wallace's late
wife, Barbara, found she couldn't hear out of her right ear-the
result of radiation administered to treat a brain tumor early in
life. Three years later, she lost hearing in her left ear as well.
Over the eight and a half years that remained of her life, despite
receiving a cochlear implant, Barbara didn't overcome her deafness
or ever function again like a hearing person. Wallace shows here
that Beethoven didn't do those things, either. Rather than
heroically overcoming his deafness, Beethoven accomplished
something even more challenging: he adapted to his hearing loss and
changed the way he interacted with music, revealing important
aspects of its very nature in the process. Wallace tells the story
of Beethoven's creative life, interweaving it with his and
Barbara's experience to reveal aspects that only living with
deafness could open up. The resulting insights make Beethoven and
his music more accessible and help us see how a disability can
enhance human wholeness and flourishing.
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