Joyce Maier wrote:

>Ears, writes Solomon are a symbol of the male genitals.  Hm.

Viewers of "The Sopranos" will recall when Tony Sopranos's emasculating
mother conspires to have him killed, the killers botch the job and shoot
off his ear instead.  Hm, again!  So in Beethoven's case, who is the
emasculator? Fate knocking at the door? And what is the consequnce of the
"emasculation"? Impotence with the Immortal Beloved? Maybe it just proves
you don't have to have balls to write a great symphony.

John Dalmas
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[And demonstrates clearly the ridiculousness of long-distance
 psychoanalysis.  -Dave]