I was amused that the article claimed that loss of eyesight would end an era of music when Beethoven's loss of hearing certainly didn't end his compositional ability.
According to a leading Beethoven expert, the composer still had hearing in his left ear until shortly before his death in 1827.
“Not only was Beethoven not completely deaf at the premiere of his Ninth Symphony in May 1824, he could hear, although increasingly faintly, for at least two years afterwards, probably through the last premiere that he would supervise, his String Quartet in B-flat, Op 130, in March 1826,” Albrecht said.
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