Beethoven Rocks! Symphony No. 9
02/22/11 • 6 min
The Ninth Symphony is as big as Beethoven gets. By the time he wrote this symphony, he was near the end of his career—and he was also completely deaf. Visit artsedge.kennedy-center.org for even more, including an “Ode to Joy” sing-along!
The Ninth Symphony is as big as Beethoven gets. By the time he wrote this symphony, he was near the end of his career—and he was also completely deaf. Visit artsedge.kennedy-center.org for even more, including an “Ode to Joy” sing-along!
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Beethoven Rocks! Symphony No. 6, part 2
Beethoven painted pictures with music in his Sixth Symphony, which is often called the Pastoral Symphony. In this episode, we learn about another scene, “Storm,” in which Beethoven paints a musical picture of a storm that brews in the distance, coming closer until it is right overhead. Visit artsedge.kennedy-center.org for even more!
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