Different from the world-famous romain rolland version of The Biography of Beethoven, the Biography of Beethoven written by Edmund Morris, a famous American biographer and Pulitzer Prize winner, seems to be little known. After reading the two, you will find that the latter seems to show people more about the life course of this great musician besides music.

Beethoven's physical illness and psychological loneliness are accompanied by genius's ability to create music. The book mentions two manuscripts written by Beethoven in secret and discovered only after his death: "You people who think or say behind my back that I am vicious, stubborn and world-weary, you misunderstand me too deeply. You don't know the secret reason behind my performance ... ""I can't say to others, "Speak louder, because I am deaf". I must live alone like an exile. If I get close to others, I will also have a burning fear. I am afraid that my illness will be exposed and known by them. Beethoven, who just turned 3, suffered from deafness, so that his last works were all completed in the roar lurking on the other side of silence. However, in the manuscript written to "the immortal lover", he reveals his frustrated and bitter spiritual loneliness.

In order to create with peace of mind, he would rather pay his own rent than live in a sponsor's mansion. Arithmetic confused him. He never learned multiplication and division, and even had dyslexia. In life, he can be called "mentally retarded". He has moved eighty times and still lives in a dirty and smoky environment. At the foot of the piano is a urinal that he has saved for several nights and can't remember to throw away. Beethoven was unmarried for life, and his greatest expectation was the custody of his nephew Carl, so that he could be named after him and inherit his property. This lawsuit has been going on for five years, and Beethoven's determination to win made him ignore the pain of his sister-in-law losing his son ...

Beethoven never lacked followers and supporters, but no one could feel all the pain of his body and soul.