Did Beethoven read Shakespeare? Did he like the writer, was he inspired by his plays? Read on to find out! Did Beethoven read and like Shakespeare? Beethoven’s first exposure to Shakespeare had to be in his childhood, still in Bonn, at the local court theater. It is well documented that more plays from Shakespeare were on the repertoire: Hamlet, King …
Pitch To make a sound, a vibration must be caused in the air. This can be done, for example, by a string or the skin of a drum. If this vibration is fast, we hear it as a high pitch. If it is slow, we hear it as low or deep pitch. The human ear can pick up a pitch …
Private jets and full stadium concerts were not always the way of life even for a first class musician. From music as free gift to copyrights, the road was long and bumpy. From gift to asset Probably the most important milestone in music business was the introduction of copyrights. After this, music business in general is about these rights …
The City Today, Mödling is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name. It is located approximately 14 km to the South of Vienna. The settlement has history from the New Stone Age and its name has Slavic origin, meaning slowly running water. In Beethoven’s day Mödling was a small market town with some 300 houses. The houses …
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, today Germany. In his teenager years, local wealthy and influential patrons helped him to meet and follow Haydn (on his way back from London) to Vienna, in order to learn from the great Master. He first left Bonn for this reason in 1787 (at age 17), only to hasten back several weeks later, …
Like every contemporary boy, Beethoven went to start his primary school education around age of 5 or 6, (exact age is unknown). The school he attended was a secular state school in Bonn, called Tirocinium. Like often the case with geniuses, he did not make any lasting impression at school and by the age of ten his father withdrew him …