| Author | Message | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Is "I shall hear in Heaven" relevant in any way? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Is "I shall hear in Heaven" relevant in any way? Yope  | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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OK, so it's Ludwig van Beethoven, right? Did he consider his deafness a blessing to himself? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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OK, so it's Ludwig van Beethoven, right? naturally Did he consider his deafness a blessing to himself? yessish, have a closer look at the wording of the puzzle decleration | ||
| Tricia Harvey (Trixie)
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Did I once hear that Beethoven thought the pieces of music he wrote in his later years were not particularly good and therefore wasn't too worried that he couldn't hear them? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Did I once hear that Beethoven thought the pieces of music he wrote in his later years were not particularly good and therefore wasn't too worried that he couldn't hear them? I don't know if you had, however this is not the case here. After his deafness, Beethoven's music became revolutionary, but I don't think he thought less of it. After all, his Ninth Symphony was completed in this time, and despite his deafness, he still insisted on conducting its first performance. | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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However, you have rasied an interesting point relevent to the puzzle... | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Let's see if I can wake this one up... Was his deafness a blessing in that he couldn't hear other composer's works? Did he not think much of (some?) other composer's works? Was the blessing that his deafness gave him a reason not go to concerts if he didn't want to? That it did away with distractions from outside noise while he was composing? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Let's see if I can wake this one up... thankyou Was his deafness a blessing in that he couldn't hear other composer's works? no Did he not think much of (some?) other composer's works? no Was the blessing that his deafness gave him a reason not go to concerts if he didn't want to? no That it did away with distractions from outside noise while he was composing? no Hint: There is some relevent information outside Beethovan and his deafness still to be found | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Let's see if I can wake this one up... thankyou Was his deafness a blessing in that he couldn't hear other composer's works? no Did he not think much of (some?) other composer's works? no Was the blessing that his deafness gave him a reason not go to concerts if he didn't want to? no That it did away with distractions from outside noise while he was composing? no, but OTRT Hint: There is some relevent information outside Beethovan and his deafness still to be found | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Is some heightened part of his other senses relevant? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Is some heightened part of his other senses relevant? no | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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OTRT, hmmm? Was the blessing that his deafness did away with something? That he was less distracted? That he was less likely to be influenced by things he heard? The relevant other information: does it have to do with where he lived? when he lived? his home life? his social life? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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OTRT, hmmm? Was the blessing that his deafness did away with something? not really That he was less distracted? probably not That he was less likely to be influenced by things he heard? yes, explore The relevant other information: does it have to do with where he lived? when he lived? his home life? his social life? none of the above | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Did his music somehow become "purer" because he couldn't hear what other composers were doing and be influenced by them? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Did his music somehow become "purer" because he couldn't hear what other composers were doing and be influenced by them? no, OTWrT | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Hmmm. I'm at a loss... not that that's uncommon. | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Did he believe that his deafness allowed him to better hear his music in his head? And thus he could write it down better? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Did he believe that his deafness allowed him to better hear his music in his head? i'd like to say yes on that one, very much on the right track, but this is not the case: there is a lot of stuff missing here And thus he could write it down better? no | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Did his deafness allow him to sense sound waves and/or pick up vibrations? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Did his deafness allow him to sense sound waves and/or pick up vibrations? irrelevent | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Did his deafness allow him use another sense in an effective way for his music? |
