{"id":1490,"date":"2020-12-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:17:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T02:17:37","slug":"beethovens-250th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/2020\/12\/30\/beethovens-250th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To close out the year, I thought it fitting to honor one of the greatest composers of all time. This month, classical music aficionados around the world are celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was thrilled to be featured by Applause to the Musician<\/a> for Beethoven’s Duet in C Major with cellist Chet Lord-Remmert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Definitely check out the rest of their playlist: Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th Birthday<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also wanted to share my tribute to Beethoven from my upcoming music novel. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Vatchev (the professor) pushed his glasses up higher on his nose as he paced back and forth in front of the class.\u201cAs you all know, Beethoven achieved legendary status as one of the most ingenious composers of all time.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria grew dizzy from his perpetual motion, not to mention the heat that permeated the space between the closely-seated classmates around her. Why didn\u2019t the university invest in better air conditioning? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis brilliant compositions still baffle musicologists, performers, and audiences today.\u201d The maestro paused a moment, hands raised, as if for dramatic effect. \u201cHis influence became so pervasive  that many of his successors struggled with what to write after his death. How could anyone compete with Beethoven after he\u2019d stretched the concept of the symphony to its limits in his legendary Ninth?<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry, seated next to Victoria, slid his hand under the desk and ran his fingers over hers. A tingling sensation shot up her arm. So hard to concentrate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The epic quality of \u2018Ode to Joy\u2019 left traditional composers little room for expansion. Music historians refer to this problem as \u2018The Beethoven Complex.\u2019\u201d Mr. Vatchev clicked his remote for the music to begin, and the sound of \u201cJoyful, Joyful\u201d rent the air.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria closed her eyes. What would it be like to experience this for the first time as a nineteenth-century audience member? If this recording could fill this small classroom with such power, how much more impressive to listen to a full orchestra in an elegant European symphony hall<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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