ModuleThreeMusicPartTwo:TeachingResources第二部分教学资源Section2:BackgroundinformationaboutSeniorSchool1
SomereferenceaboutthethreeAustrianmusiciansBeethoven'smusicmayhavesometimesbeenmisunderstoodinhislifetimebutitwasneverneglected
However,hispersonaleccentricitiesandunpredictabilityweretogrow,principallybecauseofhisdiscoveryin1798thathewasgoingdeaf
Itwasnotuntil1819thatconversationwithhimwaspossibleonlybywritinginanotebook,butintheintervening20yearshisaffliction,thoughitvariedinintensity,steadilyworsened
Perhapsthisisalsowhyhenevermarried,thoughhelovedseveralwomen,andoneinparticular,thestillunidentified‘ImmortalBeloved’(MaynardSolomon,inhisBeethoven,1977,givesconvincingbutnotincontrovertiblereasonsforbelievingthatshewasAntonieBrentano,wifeofaFrankfurtmerchant
Shelivedfrom1780to1869
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