fubbi2 Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 Today is Beethoven's birthday. Of course, all you Peanuts fans knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalfruitmom Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 I played my Beethoven Sonatas CD this morning on the way to school in his honor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxviolin Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 I've listened to my Kreisler Beethoven CD a lot this week- the violin concerto + two different recordings of Op. 30 No. 3. When I was in grade school, I recall dressing up as Beethoven (and various other composers) for music class on their birthdays. The teacher liked it because of the many times that she didn't have to make a lesson plan for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalfruitmom Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 That's a neat idea! Once I get my classes going (in a year or two) that would be a fun thing to do. Now to do the bio's and to make the costumes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxviolin Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 My seventh grade English class did just that after reading some book about music- I think it was "The Mozart Season" or something like that. We wrote page or two bios of the composer we chose, then we had to choose a poem, a piece of art, and one of the composer's works and write comparisons. Then we presented everything to the class, and several of us wore costumes- since I chose Paganini, I had to imitate his "stance"- what with his long leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thom Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 My middle name is Ludwig, in honor of Beethoven, so I will accept the birthday wishes on Beethoven's behalf, even though today is not my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk1997 Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 Dang Linux... No wonder the Q/A 2 is in this state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technique_doc Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 What a discovery! I'll see if I can speak with him tonight, trouble is he doesn't hear well on the 'phone and there's no broadband yet in Heaven. If there was......he could help us all at M-net. God Bless Ludwig......may his concerto haunt us for ever. Incidentaly I heard Kremer playing last mvt on the radio yesterday - it was going great (fast and most musical), then he 'hit' the cadenza (which was also going well) but stopped to make way for a ???????????? Short Piano Cadenza !!! Like.......doh! What's going on there then - poor Birthday Boy Lud-ie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo_jsb Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 In his honour I will watch my DVD of Menuhin playing the concerto, but I also have Perlman and Mutter on Video. I'll watch them tomorrow! Carlo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vieuxtemps Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 Thanks for the reminder. I'm shutting off the Hendrix and popping in Missa Solemnis (Klemperer, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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