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Classical Composer Ludwig van Beethoven Was Full of Heavy Metal
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| 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.
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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.
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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.)
To: higgmeister
I never knew “von” meant “royalty”...I just figured it was part of a common name...
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posted on
05/25/2025 1:57:22 PM PDT
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JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: higgmeister
I never knew “von” meant “royalty”...I just figured it was part of a common name...
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posted on
05/25/2025 1:57:22 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: higgmeister
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posted on
05/25/2025 2:02:31 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
().'1'11\1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
To: Publius
And all this time I thought it might be “Soap Poisoning”.
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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.)
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
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posted on
05/25/2025 2:30:03 PM PDT
by
Arcadian Empire
(The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
To: Publius
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posted on
05/25/2025 2:33:29 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Publius
Thanks for posting this. Quite interesting.
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posted on
05/25/2025 2:57:01 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
To: Publius
Queue up Belushi skit.....
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posted on
05/25/2025 2:58:07 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: dfwgator
Was waiting for it!.........
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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....................)
To: Publius
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posted on
05/25/2025 3:57:53 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
(Think about it: The Supreme Court is nine lawyers appointed for life by politicians. —David Horowitz)
To: lefty-lie-spy
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.
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posted on
05/25/2025 4:48:42 PM PDT
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AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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."
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posted on
05/25/2025 4:54:19 PM PDT
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AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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.
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posted on
05/25/2025 4:57:14 PM PDT
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AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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.
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posted on
05/25/2025 5:12:45 PM PDT
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Publius
To: JBW1949
“ Ludwig VAN Beethoven..”
That’s his Dutch cousin
To: AnAmericanMother
And the Alex character in A Clockwork Orange called him “Ludwig Van” so there’s that.
To: fwdude
To: TexasGator
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posted on
05/25/2025 6:10:32 PM PDT
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higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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