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Classical Composer Ludwig van Beethoven Was Full of Heavy Metal
ZME Science via MSN ^ | 25 May 2025 | Tibu Pulu

Posted on 05/25/2025 11:52:37 AM PDT by Publius

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a prodigious composer, credited with 722 works that pushed the boundaries of music and ushered in the Romantic era. Yet, his personal life was marred by several health challenges. Beethoven continued working despite deafness (and what a curse that must have felt like for a composer of his caliber), gastrointestinal troubles, and jaundice.

A year ago, scientists sequenced Beethoven’s genome from his hair. They found genetic risk factors for liver disease but nothing conclusive about his other ailments. Now, new research suggests lead toxicity might explain the composer’s suffering.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment; Science
KEYWORDS: beethoven; classicalmusic; culture; decomposing; history; louievanbeetfarmer; ludwig; rolloverbeethoven
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To: Publius
All Classical music is old school.

Folks don't recognize it but it's true.

21 posted on 05/25/2025 1:54:29 PM PDT by A Cyrenian (MO's state motto: Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.)
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To: higgmeister

I never knew “von” meant “royalty”...I just figured it was part of a common name...


22 posted on 05/25/2025 1:57:22 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: higgmeister

I never knew “von” meant “royalty”...I just figured it was part of a common name...


23 posted on 05/25/2025 1:57:22 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: higgmeister

LOL!

https://www.google.com/search?q=ludwig+van+beethoven+wiki&client=tablet-android-samsung-rvo1&sca_esv=d93e8101beac56bb&biw=1204&bih=585&sxsrf=AE3TifPE1u9kMPZdeLa6W-RF4U8uG72oVA%3A1748206834569&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1998%2Ccd_max%3A1%2F1%2F2004&tbm=


24 posted on 05/25/2025 2:02:31 PM PDT by TexasGator ().'1'11\1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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To: Publius

And all this time I thought it might be “Soap Poisoning”.


25 posted on 05/25/2025 2:05:45 PM PDT by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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To: Publius

It’s not a big surprise to feel your temperature rise
You’ve got a touch of redline fever
‘Cause there is just one cure that they know for sure
You just become a heavy metal believer

“Heavy Metal”
written by Don Felder


26 posted on 05/25/2025 2:30:03 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Publius

27 posted on 05/25/2025 2:33:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Publius

Thanks for posting this. Quite interesting.


28 posted on 05/25/2025 2:57:01 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Publius

Queue up Belushi skit.....


29 posted on 05/25/2025 2:58:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dfwgator

Was waiting for it!.........


30 posted on 05/25/2025 2:58:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Publius

bump


31 posted on 05/25/2025 3:57:53 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Think about it: The Supreme Court is nine lawyers appointed for life by politicians. —David Horowitz)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Don’t forget Mozart!


32 posted on 05/25/2025 4:01:24 PM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: JBW1949

He was born in Germany, but his family was from Brabant in what is now Belgium - and they were proud of it. Hence the “Van” instead of “Von”. It caused problems for Beethoven later - when a court in Austria assumed he was of noble lineage (”Von”), when they found out he was actually a “Van” they dismissed the case.


33 posted on 05/25/2025 4:48:42 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: higgmeister
See above. They were Brabanters and very proud of it.

Liberal leftists have absolutely nothing to do with it.

I went and hauled out some of my mother's old sheet music, circa 1930, just to see . . . . and it's "Van."

34 posted on 05/25/2025 4:54:19 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: Publius
Don't let the Brabanters hear you calling them Dutch!

Not Dutch nobility but from a particular location in Brabant, now Belgium - "Von" is descent, "Van" is birthplace.

35 posted on 05/25/2025 4:57:14 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Wagner’s opera “Lohengrin” is set in Brabant. It would appear that in the 10th Century it was part of the Holy Roman Empire.


36 posted on 05/25/2025 5:12:45 PM PDT by Publius
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To: JBW1949

“ Ludwig VAN Beethoven..”

That’s his Dutch cousin


37 posted on 05/25/2025 5:14:21 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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To: AnAmericanMother

And the Alex character in A Clockwork Orange called him “Ludwig Van” so there’s that.


38 posted on 05/25/2025 5:18:37 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: fwdude

Paganini was metal too.


39 posted on 05/25/2025 5:46:11 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: TexasGator
https://method-behind-the-music.com/history/composers/

ludwig von beethoven -van

The Yale Daily News, 24 May 1927

Ludwig von Beethoven

Ludwig von Beethoven: Biography, Facts, Quotes and Symphonies Described

And on, and on, and on.

40 posted on 05/25/2025 6:10:32 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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