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Originally Posted by kennyc
Today is Beethoven's birthday.
Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.
- Ludwig van Beethoven
for me his Ninth Symphony is probably the greatest piece of music ever written.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI
If you'd like something a bit shorter: Moonlight Sonata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU |
whoa! You mean, 12-16?? it's my daughter's birthday too!
hmm, wikipedia says baptised 12-17... could be born any day before that... still, nice coincidence
the man is my favorite composer, but I don't usually delve into that kind of detail from his life... I've read Maynard Salomon's biography in which he seems to prove the identity of the infamous Imortal Beloved.
I'm a hobbyist pianist. I can play at least Moonlight's first movement, plus some of his bagatelles and other minor work
it's one of my goals in life to at least reach Appassionata's level... I know Hammerklavier is completely out of reach
as for the symphonies, I think my favorite is 7, but they're all wonderful works, specially 3,5,6,7 and 9, indeed.