Yep, in order to guage how good the piece was, he had to look around at
the audience to see their reaction.  Must have been pretty nerve
wracking!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 25 September 2001 13:54
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Digicams and 35mm--Warning! Long post
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> 
> Shel scribbled.....
> 
> > Wasn't it Bethoven who composed while deaf - although I suppose
> > he was a special example.
> 
> Yes, but he wasn't totally deaf his entire career.  FWIW, he 
> was totally
> deaf when he wrote Symphony 9, and actually conducted its premier
> perfromance while totally deaf.  Evidently he had tremendous 
> confidence in
> the orchestra :-)
> 
> Bill, KG4LOV
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