Happy Birthday Ludwig! 274 years young! Post your favorite work of his

[joeybee12]

HERE!

I'm still debating what I like best. Probably the 6th or 7th symphony.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. Wow, you and I have very similar taste!

Along with those, the 3rd and 5th Piano Concerti and the Sonata for Piano Opus 110.

[joeybee12]

2. Yeah, but isn't it all wonderful? NPR is playing EVERYTHING by him

today! :)

[fertilizeonarbusto]

4. It is!

:-)

[Ron Green]

3. Symphony #3 (Eb) is a contender for his (or anyone's) greatest work.

[joeybee12]

5. I'm kickin' this--youse people needs some kulture!

[edbermac]

6. Lovely, lovely Ludwig Von!

It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Von.

[joeybee12]

8. Evening? What part of the world are you at???

[edbermac]

12. See my avatar? That's a line from Clockwork Orange...

Spoken by Alex, your Humble Narrator...

[joeybee12]

14. That's right--music to rape and pillage by! Thought maybe you were over

in OLD Europe somewhere!

[LuminousX]

7. I think the first movie was the better one

Charles Grodin always cracks me up.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103786/

[joeybee12]

9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Bad, bad, bad poster!:spank:

[demnan]

10. tomorrow is his birthday

And mine is the Waldstein Piano sonata, either that or the late string quartets.

[joeybee12]

13. No, it is today--says so in the newspaper--NPR is celebrating it...

...what more do you want?

I think I'll put the Waldstein on now.:shrug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. The date of his birth is questionable...

He was baptized on the 17th; but it was customary at the time to baptize infants within 24 hours of giving birth. (That way, if they died, their souls wouldn't be trapped in hell due to parental negligence.)

Some scholars say he was born the 15th, some the 16th, and still others the 17th.

His birthday's worth celebrating over all three birthdays as far as I'm concerned! My favorite Beethoven Symphony is the 8th.

Happy birthday Ludwig! :beer:

[joeybee12]

18. Didn't they keep records?

I mean birth records, or was it just baptism records. Well, NPR is celebrating it today, and so it Schroeder!

[fortyfeetunder]

11. 7th and 4th Symphonies

I listen to these when I want to be in an optimistic mood.

[Kellanved]

16. A little early?

Isn't December the 17th Ludwig's Birthday?

[tjdee]

17. Ode to Joy...or, the Ninth.

Wasn't he completely deaf at that point?

My goodness, what a genius.

Moonlight Sonata is a close second, but Beethoven is my favorite of the old composers. I pretty much like all of it.

[bvar22]

19. The Ninth is a personal favorite,

but for some reason, whenever I listen to it, I want to:

1) Watch the news,

or

2) engage in a little of the ol in out, in out.

[nytemare]

20. Moonlight Sonata n/t

[CrownPrinceBandar]

21. Ode to Joy.

Glasses up to my birthday brother!!

:toast: :beer:

[joeybee12]

22. Well then--Happy Birthday to you, too!

:party:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

23. Cheers.