To the owner, this was worse than not doing it at all! And a real embarrassment to any company that came. So a servant was called clumsy or inept by their employer. Today the term means anyone (floors or not) who irritates others by a clumsy word or action.
In the evening Mozart took a turn for the worse, and his doctor, Thomas Closset, was summoned from the theater but sent word that he would come once the show was over. When he arrived, he ordered cold compresses applied to Mozartâs head, which witnesses said caused the patient to shudder.
Beethoven had been studying and composing music for many years before he began to experience hearing loss. It is believed that he began to go deaf at around age 26. At first, Beethoven dealt with the onset of deafness by avoiding outings with friends due to his trouble with hearing conversations. Consequently, many acquaintances dismissed him as unfriendly. Most of them were unaware that he was going deaf.