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Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Age: 56 †
Born: 1770
Born: December 16
Died: 1827
Died: March 26
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My heart is full of many things there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all.
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