Daily Archives: January 6, 2012

Many great musicians truly believed that their pens, as they composed, were guided by a divine spirit. Beethoven typically refused to take the credit for his music. For those of a mystical frame of mind there is much to ponder on. How do you describe something you cannot see? How did Ludwig van Beethoven create the most beautiful orchestrations of his music whilst unable to hear it?
Beethoven’s death, in common with several other great composers, is threaded with mystery. As the Grim Reaper Continue reading