Beethoven’s late works

[sonata_5]

 I heard that in Beethoven’s late works when he went completely deaf, he had perfect pitch but at that age his perfect pitch was wonky so he heard his late works like op. 126 a half step lower than it should be, like the Grosse fugue at a major instead of Bb major.
Is this true?

[sonata_5]

Sorry I accidentally posted this topic twice

[frodo4]

I heard that in Beethoven’s late works when he went completely deaf, he had perfect pitch but at that age his perfect pitch was wonky so he heard his late works like op. 126 a half step lower than it should be, like the Grosse fugue at a major instead of Bb major.
Is this true?

I haven't heard that one.  But I know many believe his inability to hear was the cause of him writing what they view as "ugly" passages.  Examples include piano playing extremely low in the LH and extremely high in the RH at the same time.  Also, "ugly" sounding textures in his string quartets as some hear in the grosse fugue and sections of other late quartets.  My theory is Beethoven knew exactly what he was doing.

[frodo4]

Hey - my last post was at Today at 12:00:00 AM!  Just got lucky I guess.