An avid Googler is tracking down the "composer who improvised but went deaf so wrote out all music," and landed at DecSimp. Smart money's on Scelsi, though he didn't lose his hearing. Beethoven improvised, but notated all his music before and after he went deaf.The mystery remains.
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