Beethoven Quote by Andrew Marr Download Open image ““Ludwig van Beethoven had originally called his third symphony The Bonaparte.”” — Andrew Marr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Beethoven Beethoven Originally Bonaparte Called Symphony Ludwig Van Beethoven Song Symphony Bonaparte
“Oh, well - he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused to lie… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“It will be generally admitted that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“The Germans are fond of saying that only Austria could convince the world that Beethoven was an Austrian and Hitler was a German.” — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
“I'd like to hear your opinion on this piece of Beethoven. And remember, it is not Beethoven who is being examined here.” — Paul Strathern Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know that Beethoven, when he wrote the Fifth Symphony, that second movement, he took eight years to figure that… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
“Beethoven speaking to royalty: "What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will… — Beethoven Copy Share Image
“Beethoven is said, however, to have torn out the title page in protest when Napoleon crowned himself emperor, and retitled it the Eroica, dedicating… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
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“Gutenberg had died after inventing Europe’s first real printing press. The Chinese and Koreans had long used wood-block printing, and even ceramic printing.” — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
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For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must try to… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by… — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
“That Beethoven was capable of producing the ultimate musical definition of heroism in this context is itself extraordinary, for he was able to evoke… — Maynard Solomon Copy Share Image
“He had said it bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says other things.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the history of… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
“You'll have a good, secure life when being alive means more to you than security, love more than money, your freedom more than public… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
I shall never forget Juliek. How could I forget this concert given before an audience of the dead and dying? Even today, when I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Did Beethoven create his symphonies for his glorification? I don't believe it. I believe he created them because the music in his soul demanded… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“On behalf of all that is good and melodic, Ludwig van Beethoven, I apologize.” — Sarah Strohmeyer Copy Share Image
Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card. — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
“I hope Ludwig van Beethoven gets his cut, Langdon thought, fairly certain that the original inventor of bone conduction technology was the eighteenth-century composer… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image