German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) composing the 'Missa Solemnis', February-April 1820. Oil painting by August Klober.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a prolific composer. He's credited with 722 individual works, but his life was plagued by deafness, GI issues and jaundice.

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time, but he was plagued throughout his life by myriad health problems, most notably going mostly deaf by 1818.

Researchers used locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair to sequence the composer’s genome for the first time. They uncovered some of Beethoven’s medical and family history along the way while ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's genome sheds light on chronic health problems and cause of death. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 03 / 230322140929.htm ...

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German composer Ludwig van Beethoven likely died of liver disease. Credit: GL Archive/Alamy In the autumn of 1802, some 25 years before his death, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers.

Item 1 of 3 A mural of Ludwig van Beethoven is seen at a pedestrian tunnel ahead of his 250th birth anniversary in Bonn, Germany December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler ...

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.