A talented jazz pianist I know, Peter, recently asked this question: Does Beethoven lend itself to being jazzed up? Peter, a lifelong lover of Bach, readily offered up a number of examples of Bach jazzed up, but as for Beethoven, we agreed to do our separate research and get back to each other. We discovered a tremendous display of talent! …
Our letter to Beethoven on his 250th birthday! Dear Ludwig! Happy Birthday to You! I’m sorry Mate, but some facts must be stated here: you are 250 years old! There it goes, I said it! 2020 was supposed to be fun, a whole year to remember and celebrate you! In the beginning of the year, being a European citizen, my …
Friends! Happy New Year and Happy Beethoven Year to you! 2020 is not just a new year and the beginning of a new decade, but the 250th anniversary of his birth! What a special year! Even without any extraordinary occasion he is the most played composer, but this year we will be witnessing an uninterrupted celebration all over our beautiful …
Because is a song written by John Lennon that was recorded for the famous Abbey Road album in 1969. According to Lennon he was inspired by Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Read on to find out how! Just as Beethoven was revolutionary in his time, bravely pursuing his own new path and changing classical music for ever, so did – in …
In this article we will discover all the movies that were produced about Beethoven, the composer. Almost every decade since the 1920s had a Beethoven movie and in this post we will review them all. Just to help out Google’s search engine right away this article is not about Beethoven the dog, but Ludwig van Beethoven, the composer! Your correspondent …