Did Beethoven have to write extra loud music because he was deaf?
Short answer: no! Music was evolving and developing at the time Beethoven was writing his music. Orchestras were getting bigger, music was changing from the Classical to the Romantic period and more overt emotion was being expressed. Music continued to get louder and louder throughout the 19th century as orchestras continued to grow and composers became more and more daring. Beethoven’s music isn’t so loud if you compare it to later composers such as Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Mahler and Richard Strauss.
