On May 7, 1824, Beethoven shared his 9th Symphony with the world even though he could never hear it.
His most famous and most performed work. And as you listen to it you notice most stolen by early TV for theme music.
Enjoy, Jack
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125,
Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
jack, once again you’ve made our day.
from discovermusic:
also from the same discovermusic link above:
again, but with more feeling
To pay homage to the town they love and to celebrate their 130 anniversary Sabadell Bank in Spain delighted the townspeople with an incredible symphony flash mob. Watch as they play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and sang Ode to Joy, filling up the town with joy and beautiful music! Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Ode To Joy
ode to Joe: atta boy, keep those EOs coming
the hill:
Thank you Jack
The Ode to Joy is probably the single work whose melody is known to almost everybody breathing. There is something about that tune and words of peace that just hits your emotional center. It is so pervasive that it is now the theme song of the European Union.
German and English Lyrics of Beethoven’s revision of original Schiller poem.
WaPo on Texas
Living in Texas Right Now feels like an exercise in survival.
Ludwig van Beethoven. The composer who, with his 9th Symphony, introduced me to classical music. Beethoven led me to Mozart, and for his works and for that introduction to Amadeus I am forever in his debt.
Oh, and yes, everyone eligible to vote should have a way to vote and have their votes counted. Republican pricks.
and so amazing Beethoven was deaf. Was he always deaf or came later?
Ok, so visiting LP who doesn’t have cable, I’m cruising Netflix and run across Ozark. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. Good stuff.
Craig
It came later and probably a result of his father’s syphilis. Other siblings were handicapped in some way.
The Mystery of Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Came later Poobah. Starting with his 1st symphony his hearing deteriorated over the next 12 – 15 or so years. His 9th was written when his hearing was rapidly going. I guess he could hear it in his head.
I discovered the Beet as a kid because me old mudder used to play Fur Elise all the time and then showed me how to play it.
Funny thing……easily one of the most recognised piano pieces, but the Beet wrote it for orchestra.
Have a new Twitter account
@sanmari94112926
You can find it with the above or search for San Marino with a black/white cat as a profile picture.
Jamie……haha, saw 0 followers and almost blocked you.
Greg Abbott is scrambling because so many business leaders and healthcare providers are upset that he lifted the mask mandate. He says folks know masks are effective and they don’t need the state to tell them what to do. BS! The next COVID spike is on Abbott. And, it won’t just be confined to Texas if, as he hopes, spring breakers go to South Padre and then go back to where they came from, taking the virus with them.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/04/deaths-Abbott-coronavirus-masks/
Sprouts put their must-wear-mask sign in front of the entrance. You have to walk around it to go inside. No way to say you didn’t see it.
Also, failure to wear a mask in a business (when there is signage to wear one) makes you subject to arrest for illegal trespassing!
Governor Greg is playing dice with COVID in order to exploit anti-immigrant fervor.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/04/greg-abbott-joe-biden-immigrants-testing/
Jack, Thanks!
The theme to The Countdown with Keith Olbermann can be heard at 19.53
Republicans are still calling the vaccine rollout “warp speed.”
Well, it is NOW that POTUS Biden is in charge.
Andrew Cuomo announced that New York is removing all penalties for violation of NYS traffic laws and local traffic and parking ordinances because people aren’t as stupid as Greg Abbott and they know what about driving is unsafe and they know where to park. ~
Jack…. thanks… I LOVE Beethoven!
patd… thanks for that flash mob of Ode to Joy…. one of my favorite YouTube go to…
I got all my cultural exposure from the Saturday morning cartoons.
Sturgeone
Yes, Twitter wiped out all of my followers, lists, and people I followed. Have to rebuild everything.
I did a whole blog article about cartoons with “The Whale Sang Opera”
And then there was Peter and the Wolf
or Night on Bald Mountain
Whenever I think about what needs to be done to write anything complex, or for that matter simple, in the way of songs, operas, symphonies and such, I am in awe. So many moving parts and tones and so much more. I think that is one reason software types enjoy “classical” music whether written hundreds of years ago or last year. If you are working on a system there are a lot of moving parts that are written in precise manner. Long time ago I was an enigma to my college classmates. I collected Deutsche Grammaphon albums and they whatever was on the top ten that week. Even though I am completely non-musical and enjoy anything musical I preferred the classics and a touch of C&W. My goto is always J.C. Bach though. You cannot but be wowed by Beethoven 9th., it is one of those that leaves you humming and tapping and wagging your head.
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson
We’re just sayin’. To abolish mask -wearing laws in some States while the rest of the Nation keeps theirs is like designating a peeing section of the swimming pool.
Neil DGT is a treasure.
Wow, nuts!
Jamie
Glad your’e back on Twitter. I just followed you.
lol, wasn’t sure at first, but was worth pausing my music to watch that dumb woman’s tiktok
P.S. if you’re over 30, get off tiktok
Stupidity has no ceiling. OMFG.
So Poobah, you going to watch the NBA All Star Game or Harry & Megan shit on the royal family?
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