I remember reading somewhere that Albert Einstein never tied his shoes because he considered it a menial task that just wasted his time and brain-power.
I wonder if maybe the same principle applied with Beethoven…
Did you know that Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the world’s worst carpenters? Indeed once, noticing a slight but annoying wobble in his brand-new Broadwood grand he attempted to level its legs in the traditional way by shortening one of them and (to use what turns out to be the really appropriate phrase ‘to cut a long story short’) he ended up in a vile rage with his hair and clothes all filthy and awry, and the bloody* piano legless and flat (well flattish) on the floor while he pounded on its keys.
There is quite a large community of zombie beethoven lovers. As in, zombies who love beethoven, not people who love zombie beethoven. Although both of those groups exist, for the composer and the dog from that one movie.
I remember reading somewhere that Albert Einstein never tied his shoes because he considered it a menial task that just wasted his time and brain-power.
I wonder if maybe the same principle applied with Beethoven…
Wouldn’t he have loved velcro!
I get knocked down…
that is a unique view on his music
Beethoven. Writes his own music. Doesn’t listen to it.
*couldn’t* listen to it. Deaf, ya know…
Did you know that Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the world’s worst carpenters? Indeed once, noticing a slight but annoying wobble in his brand-new Broadwood grand he attempted to level its legs in the traditional way by shortening one of them and (to use what turns out to be the really appropriate phrase ‘to cut a long story short’) he ended up in a vile rage with his hair and clothes all filthy and awry, and the bloody* piano legless and flat (well flattish) on the floor while he pounded on its keys.
http://howlandbolton.com/essays/read_more.php?sid=334
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* and I’m not using ‘bloody’ as a bloody swear-word!
Man! That is one bad carpenter! Ha-HA!
*hides bent carpenters’ square*
Obviously, he did not know that is what matchbooks are for.
And he was such a bad carpenter that Richard and Karen kicked him out of the band.
yeah, i know that feeling.
There is quite a large community of zombie beethoven lovers. As in, zombies who love beethoven, not people who love zombie beethoven. Although both of those groups exist, for the composer and the dog from that one movie.
Zombie Beethoven would be a decomposer.
I once won an internets here. The time has come to pass them on.
They’re decomposing composers
There’s nothing much anyone can do
You can still hear Beethoven
But Beethoven cannot hear you – M. Paylin