The Great Deaf One

Ludwig van Beethoven is famous for being one of the greatest composers that ever lived and probably equally famous for going deaf.  He slowly, torturously, went deaf over a period of 16-18 years in a process that increasingly alienated him from the people and world around him.  His likeness is immortalized in marble busts and... Continue Reading →

Symphony in B minor, Franz Schubert

Schubert's Symphony in B minor is the "Unfinished" symphony, usually listed as number eight of the ten that our friend Franz left us. There are only two movements, what seems to be the first two movements of what normally would have been a four movement symphony. The unfinished beginning of something we don't have the... Continue Reading →

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