Happy 238th!
If he were alive today he would be playing Keyboards for Yes!
One of my favorites :) Thanks Bo D....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWeFiQUVxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOvK-mAk (a much better version)
Quote from: Bo D on December 16, 2008, 12:28:36 PM
Happy 238th!
If he were alive today he would be playing Keyboards for Yes!
Only great people were born on this date! :icon_twisted: I'm one of them! :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on December 16, 2008, 05:38:54 PM
Only great people were born on this date! :icon_twisted: I'm one of them! :biggrin:
Dude....yeah...I just saw that on another thread! WOW!
How does it feel to share a b'day with the (IMHO) the greatest composer ever?
Did you know the story about the 9th Symphony?
By the time he wrote it, he was totally, stone-cold DEAF!
And the first time it was performed in public, HE CONDUCTED! RADICAL!!!!!!
Well...it was quite a punk piece for the time and at first the audience didn't know what to think. But as it went on they recognized they were in the presence of PURE GENIUS!!!!
And when it was finished, they erupted in a thunderous standing ovation!!!!!
But poor ol' dude Ludwig had his back to the audience (as a conductor would) and couldn't hear a thing.
His first violinist got up, and with tears in his eyes, gently turned the dude around so he could see the adulation.
Man......greatest story in music.
Did you also know why the CD was standardized at 73 minutes?
So that the Ninth Symphony could fit on a single CD!
Good lord...I love his music!
WHEW!!!!!!
Well Happy Birthday PH. :music1: :music1: :boohoo: :drummer: :rock: :guitarist: :music1: :music1: :blues: :blues: :beers: :hbd: :cake: :bday:
Quote from: Bo D on December 16, 2008, 05:57:35 PM
Dude....yeah...I just saw that on another thread! WOW!
How does it feel to share a b'day with the (IMHO) the greatest composer ever?
Did you know the story about the 9th Symphony?
By the time he wrote it, he was totally, stone-cold DEAF!
And the first time it was performed in public, HE CONDUCTED! RADICAL!!!!!!
Well...it was quite a punk piece for the time and at first the audience didn't know what to think. But as it went on they recognized they were in the presence of PURE GENIUS!!!!
And when it was finished, they erupted in a thunderous standing ovation!!!!!
But poor ol' dude Ludwig had his back to the audience (as a conductor would) and couldn't hear a thing.
His first violinist got up, and with tears in his eyes, gently turned the dude around so he could see the adulation.
Man......greatest story in music.
Did you also know why the CD was standardized at 73 minutes?
So that the Ninth Symphony could fit on a single CD!
Good lord...I love his music!
WHEW!!!!!!
Holy Crapola.
Yer a reg'lar Ludwig von Beetaholic!
Great story, my friend.
Quote from: Bo D on December 16, 2008, 05:57:35 PM
Dude....yeah...I just saw that on another thread! WOW!
How does it feel to share a b'day with the (IMHO) the greatest composer ever?
Did you know the story about the 9th Symphony?
By the time he wrote it, he was totally, stone-cold DEAF!
And the first time it was performed in public, HE CONDUCTED! RADICAL!!!!!!
Well...it was quite a punk piece for the time and at first the audience didn't know what to think. But as it went on they recognized they were in the presence of PURE GENIUS!!!!
And when it was finished, they erupted in a thunderous standing ovation!!!!!
But poor ol' dude Ludwig had his back to the audience (as a conductor would) and couldn't hear a thing.
His first violinist got up, and with tears in his eyes, gently turned the dude around so he could see the adulation.
Man......greatest story in music.
Did you also know why the CD was standardized at 73 minutes?
So that the Ninth Symphony could fit on a single CD!
Good lord...I love his music!
WHEW!!!!!!
I share your love of his music. Curiosity drove me to listen to it as a wee lad because of shared day of birth, and time made me fond of it! Great info and story dude! Thanks for sharing it! 8)
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhcR1ZS2hVo) Da da da dum!!!!!! :biggrin:
Beethoven - Fur elise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTTFUtMSvQ)
:biggrin:
Moonlight Sonata (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck)
:wink:
Beethoven's 9th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2NmPVg_2qM&feature=related)
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8eigkwmMEo&feature=related)
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastoral' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGb-Kjy0S0)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' - Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I)
Quote from: Da Wham on March 08, 2009, 03:41:04 AM
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastoral' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGb-Kjy0S0)
Good one.... :smile:
Beethoven Egmont Overture Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2E8bhDHESk
Did you know that after he went deaf he had the legs taken off the piano. He would lay down and put his mouth on the piano so he could feel the vibrations and compose. The music would vibrate thru his teeth to his brain. Awesome!
"Appassionata" 3rd Movement (op.57) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7GftdLYSsI)
Quote from: Da Wham on April 03, 2009, 01:22:31 PM
"Appassionata" 3rd Movement (op.57) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7GftdLYSsI)
Excellent. :yes:
This is a long one. Let it run in a window in the background while your posting. :wink:
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-sf1jOkdc)
Beethoven - Emperor concerto (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8NJLEH0_k)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 (Part 1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnZxfmKPEVo&feature=PlayList&p=444D20393F42C342&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15)
Beethoven - Pathetique (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2EeWH79zs)
Beethoven's Tempest Sonata mvt. 3 -- Wilhelm Kempff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfjD-DQ5REk)