German composer.
He was the dominant figure between the Classical and Romantic eras who composed his Ninth Symphony when totally deaf.
Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
"Tones that sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."
"Beethoven can write music, thank God -- but he can do nothing else on earth."
"Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the thought of it and my art prevents me from putting an end to my life."
