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    This summary describes the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a famous composer who was deaf. He was born into a home where his father physically abused him and demanded musical perfection. Despite losing his hearing, Beethoven continued composing magnificent symphonies and music that deeply moved audiences. Though he could no longer hear, his inner musical genius allowed him to transform emotions into breathtaking compositions that revealed both the heights of joy and depths of sorrow. Beethoven's perseverance in overcoming adversity through his art defined him as both a musical madman and genius.

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    Beethoven by Shane Koyczan

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    This summary describes the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a famous composer who was deaf. He was born into a home where his father physically abused him and demanded musical perfection. Despite losing his hearing, Beethoven continued composing magnificent symphonies and music that deeply moved audiences. Though he could no longer hear, his inner musical genius allowed him to transform emotions into breathtaking compositions that revealed both the heights of joy and depths of sorrow. Beethoven's perseverance in overcoming adversity through his art defined him as both a musical madman and genius.

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    This summary describes the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a famous composer who was deaf. He was born into a home where his father physically abused him and demanded musical perfection. Despite losing his hearing, Beethoven continued composing magnificent symphonies and music that deeply moved audiences. Though he could no longer hear, his inner musical genius allowed him to transform emotions into breathtaking compositions that revealed both the heights of joy and depths of sorrow. Beethoven's perseverance in overcoming adversity through his art defined him as both a musical madman and genius.

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    Listen

    his father

    made a habit

    out of hitting him

    see

    some men drink

    some men yell

    some men hit their children

    this man

    did it all

    because I guess all men

    want their boys

    to be geniuses

    Beethoven

    little boy

    living in a house

    where a name meant nothing

    living in a house

    where mercy had to be earned

    through each perfect note

    tumbling up through the roof

    to tickle the toes of angels


    whose harps

    couldn’t hold half the passion

    that was held in the hands

    of a young boy

    who was hard of hearing

    Beethoven

    who heard

    his father’s anthem

    every time he put finger

    to ivory

    it was not good enough

    so he played slowly

    not good enough

    so he played softly

    not good enough

    so he played strongly

    not good enough

    and when he could play no more

    when his fingers cramped up

    into the gnarled roots of tree trunks

    it was

    not good enough


    Beethoven

    a musician

    without his most precious tool

    his eardrums

    could no longer pound out rhythms

    for the symphonies playing in his mind

    he couldn’t hear the audiences clapping

    couldn’t hear the people loving him

    couldn’t hear the women in the front row whispering

    Beethoven

    as they let the music

    invade their nervous system

    like an armada marching through

    firing cannonballs

    detonating every molecule in their bodies

    into explosions of heavenly sensation

    each note

    leaving track marks

    over every inch of their bodies

    making them ache

    for one more hit

    he was an addiction
    and kings/queens

    it didn’t matter

    the man got down on his knees

    for no one

    but amputated the legs of his piano

    so he could feel the vibrations

    through the floor

    the man got down on his knees

    for music

    and when the orchestra played his symphonies

    it was the echoes of his father’s anthem

    repeating itself

    like a brok-broken recor-brok-broken record

    it was

    not good enough

    so they played slowly

    not good enough

    so they played softly

    not good enough

    so they played strongly

    not good enough

    so they tried to mock the man


    make fun of the madness

    by mimicking the movements

    holding their bows

    a quarter of an inch above the strings

    not making a sound

    it was

    perfect

    see

    the deaf have an intimacy with silence

    it’s there in their dreams

    and the musicians turned to one another

    not knowing what to make of the man

    trying to calculate

    the distance between madness and genius

    realizing that Beethoven’s musical measurements

    could take you to distances

    reaching past the towers of Babylon

    turning solar systems into symbols

    that crashed together

    causing comets to collide

    creating crescendos that were so loud

    they shook the constellations


    until the stars began to fall from the sky

    and it looked like the

    entire universe

    had begun to cry

    distance must be an illusion

    the man must be

    a genius

    Beethoven

    his thoughts moving at

    the speed of sound

    transforming emotion into music

    and for a moment

    it was like joy

    was a tangible thing

    like you could touch it

    like for the first time

    we could watch love and

    hate dance together

    in a waltz of such precision and beauty

    that we finally understood

    the history wasn’t important


    to know the man

    all we ever had to do was

    listen.

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