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BEETHOVEN'S APPEARANCE
It might be difficult to decide what Beethoven looked like if one had to depend only on the contemporary portraits. As to these it must always be remembered that portrait--painting was at a low ebb in Vienna in his days. Even wit. the best artists there's always present a tendency to " classicize " the sitters to idealise their features and depict ( Read more... ) -
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Pitiful scoundrel, my shit is better than anything you ever thought.
Beethoven's reaction to a critic, who mentioned his Wellingtons Victory "Nothing but an occasional work".
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