Schnapps?
The score pictured above is the opening of Beethoven’s 5th symphony.
Thanks so much. You inspired me to surf to some great music which is soothing my ears after listening to all the non-stop Trump-bashing on the cables.
Leni
Beethoven was no doubt a great composer but dignity? Certainly at times he was dignified and certainly was that way about his music but he probably died from syphilis and hepatitis both probably contracted sexually. The syphilis probably caused his hearing loss. He drank to excess and was generally a royal pain to be around. Basically the aging rock star of his day.
You’ll also notice many parallels in Beethoven’s character to another Olympian artist in the fields of business and politics.
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Many parallels?
Irritability. Irascibility. Bipolar disorder.
“Beethoven’s personal life was troubled by his encroaching deafness and irritability brought on by chronic abdominal pain (beginning in his twenties) which led him to contemplate suicide (documented in his Heiligenstadt Testament). Beethoven was often irascible. It has been suggested he had bipolar disorder.”
Yes, the above is pulled from wikipedia. But all of that info above is footnoted to legit sources.
Somehow I doubt that’s what you had in mind when comparing the character of these 2 folks.
Let’s see if Trump’s name is still remembered as fondly as is Beethoven’s 200 years after his death.
Beethoven is my favorite composer. His music expresses what I feel.
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Beethoven did write some great music. If he was still alive today, he'd have had over 200 years of great music instead of the 30-40 years he did have. He could have been on Symphony 165 by now. And I'm sure it would have been a masterpiece.
Thanks for the interesting read.