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Episodes vital in the life of the great symphonist in the heyday of his powers, when master creation after master creation flowed from his pen, a perfect river of inspiration, glory shone ... See full summary
Episodes vital in the life of the great symphonist in the heyday of his powers, when master creation after master creation flowed from his pen, a perfect river of inspiration, glory shone upon him. Love as well as art engages his mighty powers. There is another man, younger than he, with more of the gallantries dear to the feminine heart. He surprises the rival and the girl in a love tete-a-tete and the door shuts upon his happiness. The grief of his unrequited passion preys upon his mind, which in turn affects the strength of his body. Then comes the affliction of deafness. He is fearful lest the world know of this infirmity and he guards the secret jealously. It is at last discovered. In spite of his deafness, his genius will not down and although unable to hear the melodies which surged to his soul, he wrote them down in the great silence, in the thought that the world might happily hear what was denied to his ears. As the Angel of Death hovers near, he sees a vision of the ...

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    • Author: Chi
    A dignified picture full of much that is beautiful and (this is the best thing in it) the leading role is reverently and effectively acted by a first rate player. A grandly tragic story of the deaf composer has been grandly portrayed. It is a picture for cultivated spectators. The dream scenes that illustrate the symphonies are very inadequate, of course. They will probably displease true music lovers; but the scenes that suggest the closing-in of deafness, and the last scenes, especially that in which is symbolically shown the glory of his last great symphony, that his mortal ears never heard, are strong and emotional. We like this picture very much and a good sized audience that saw it with us seemed to be impressed by it. - The Moving Picture World, October 26, 1912
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