RUNDEL VIDEO
LUDWIG!
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A Symphonic Portait
Inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven
My relationship to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven is a very personal one. It goes back to my school band and orchestra days, when I was introduced to his music, along with the music of many other great classical composers, who lived both before and during Beethoven’s era. While I was impressed by the work of other great composers of that time and before that time, there seemed to me to be something missing. Something that Beethoven’s music had that prior music lacked, that I couldn’t quite identify at the time. But upon coming of age as an adult, I knew exactly what the missing element was - PASSION!
The music prior to Beethoven was very good, much of it perfectly written according to the rules of composition at the time. But...