In a Major and Minor Mood - Ludwig van Beethoven
Jun 6, 2000 -
© John McManamy
Franz Joseph Haydn:
"You will accomplish more than has ever been accomplished," wrote Haydn at the beginning of Beethoven's career, "have thoughts that no other has had. You will never sacrifice a beautiful idea to a tyrannical rule, and in that you will be right. But you will sacrifice your rules to your moods, for you seem to me to be a man of many heads and hearts. One will always find something irregular in your compositions, things of beauty, but rather dark and strange."
Oh, that there could be five more like him.
Update: Oct 24, 2000. Scientists analyzing eight strands of Beethoven's hair found "unusually high" levels of lead. According to William Walsh, chief researcher of the project: *We are quite certain that lead was responsible for his lifelong illnesses and that lead impacted his personality."
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