Researchers say Beethoven’s music evidence composer suffered irregular heartbeat

Sketch of Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer (AP) Researchers analyzing patterns in Beethoven’s music believe the famous composer may have suffered from an irregular heartbeat, evidenced by what they say are musical arrhythmias found in some of his work. The authors, which include a medical historian, cardiologist and a musicologist from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, further suggest that Beethoven’s believed deafness may have heightened his awareness of his heartbeat, causing him to compose music by following his heart. Arrhythmia refers to any change from the normal sequence of electrical impulses that causes the heart to beat too fast, too slow or erratically, according to the American Heart Association. They can be completely harmless or life-threatening. In the study, which was published in the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, the team analyzed several of Beethoven’s compositions and f
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