How Beethoven continued composing music after going deaf

Ludwig van Beethoven, despite profound deafness, continued to compose masterpieces like the Ninth Symphony. He developed an inner musical model, relying on imagination, memory, and meticulous sketching to create his revolutionary works. His late period, marked by total hearing loss, paradoxically produced some of his most daring and influential music, demonstrating resilience and an extraordinary internal creative process.

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