Ludwig van Beethoven — "How great was the humiliation when one who stood beside me heard the distant sou…"

How great was the humiliation when one who stood beside me heard the distant sound of a shepherd's pipe, and I heard nothing; or heard the shepherd singing, and I heard nothing. Such experiences brought me to the verge of despair;--but little more and I should have put an end to my life.
Ludwig van Beethoven — Ludwig van Beethoven Early Modern · Composer, deaf genius

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Heiligenstadt Testament

Date: October 6, 1802

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