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Episode 194: Ludwig van Beethoven, the Musical Innovator

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Beethoven's Life Star

In 18 13, he published two wildly popular pieces. One of them was an orchestral piece commemorating theb of waterloo. The other was his seventh symphony. He also wrote music at this time to entertain the various nobles and luminaries that came to austria for the congress of vienna. But sadly, at this point, beethoven's hearing was now so bad that he really just couldn't get along in public. In 18 14, he began to use ear trumpets to try to improve things while speaking to people. His last public performance was given in 18 14.

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