Beethoven Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt--Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symp
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Beethoven knew how to write hooks but he was no Leroy Anderson.
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@stumiller He also heard his 6th symphony. Beethoven wrote the 5th and 6th symphony at the same time and they were both premiered together.
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@lousantos123 Couldn't have said it better myself!
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I agree...but the point isn't the fact that he wrote the 9th deaf...the point is that he wrote it, period. Even if he was a super-man with 10 senses, it would still be pure genious
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The conductor has never committed a sin, he has never told a lie. He has never broken anyone's heart, he has never killed an insect ... and he is sad ... goodness me is he sad ... oh and more thing, he was a math teacher before he became a conductor (naturally I pulled all the above outa my arse, but if you may want to agree anyway because it "feels" that way)
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Toscanini is the best of the best. Forever and ever!
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Too bad l'empereur didn't have better taste in musique. Bien dommage.
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2nd chair cello iz a chicken
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Thanks TheGreatPerformers!
I am going to run out and get a copy of Arturo's 5th!



Beethoven made it hard for anyone to be that good afterward. He changed the way symphonies were written. It's just genius. The 5th was the last symphony he actually heard, and not all that well. If you think about writing the 9th symphony stone deaf, tell me that isn't genius? Sure he could hear the instruments in his head and knew which notes to write down, but come on! I don't think anyone else could have done that or could do it now.
stumiller 1 year ago 36
why do I keep coming back to this ? Those cellos...
ptaaffe 10 months ago 15