"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

16 December 2023

Happy Birthday, Beethoven

Wyeth, N.C., Beethoven and Nature, 1921


Ludwig von Beethoven was born on this day in 1770.

Nicholas Harnoncourt leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a performance of the Missa Solemnis in D Major, op. 123 ...

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