MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Anton Schindler, Heiligenstadt Testament, Tinnitus
13 Apr 2013
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Went to vienna, 1790 born 1770 in bonn (n. germany, was capital of west germany) died 1827, in vienna (austria) Father was court musician in bonn; exploited son"s talents, was alcoholic, beethoven was main breadwinner in teens. Grant from elector of bonn (a municipality in what is now germany, was holy roman empire) sent him to vienna, 1790. Began to go deaf at 26 (tinnitus), caused intense grief. Over 100 conversation books remain - great historical record (anton schindler, wrote a biography about. Beethoven, but made up a lot of conversations) Had to give up playing concerts by 1811. Suffered from chronic poor health, deafness, and custody battle over nephew during last 15 years of life increasingly introverted tinnitus creates and generates noises that aren"t real, much worse than if he just went plain deaf.
