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beethoven, music

Ludwig van
Beethoven! His music stops me dead in my tracks with a reverently whispered "Wow!" coming from my lips.

He's right up there with Shakespeare in my Pantheon of Idols.

Today's his birthday (I have a Happy-Face party hat on my statue of Beethoven (he looks like he could use some cheering up, right?)).

Try to listen to something, anything by Ludwig today. At 4:00 am, I have already started my annual marathon of going through all his symphonies, followed by as many piano sonatas and concertos and string quartets as time (and my library) allows. I just realized that I no longer have a recording of Missa Solemnis, darn it!

I suppose you could always watch A Clockwork Orange, too.


(By the way, Walter is now Wendy ... her Timesteps is incredible!)