What music did Beethoven compose after completely deaf?

Ludwig was still pumping out the masterpieces - even when he was completely deaf. Here's how he did it. "For the last three years my hearing has grown steadily weaker..." - so wrote Beethoven, aged 30, in a letter to a friend. The young Beethoven was known as the most important musician since Mozart. read more

To be clear, it is not certain that Beethoven was ever totally deaf, but by 1814 - 1815 or so — his mid-forties — he was functionally deaf for all intents and purposes and could no longer publicly perform or carry on spoken conversation. read more

After watching Beethoven in a rehearsal in 1814 for the Archduke Trio, the composer Louis Spohr said: "In forte passages the poor deaf man pounded on the keys until the strings jangled, and in piano he played so softly that whole groups of notes were omitted, so that the music was unintelligible unless one could look into the pianoforte part. read more

Interest in Beethoven’s hearing loss has long captivated his fans, many of whom are fascinated by the tragic circumstances of a deaf composer and the ways Beethoven managed to keep working even after he completely lost his hearing by the time he was 45. read more