# Happy Beethoven's Birthday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 16, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145 "2021-12-16T10:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/1 "2021-12-16T10:54:55Z")
Party hearty! 🎉 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fRZaX6-dsn8/maxresdefault.jpg "Beethoven "Symphony No 9" Karajan (Stereo)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRZaX6-dsn8) ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/2 "2021-12-16T11:35:26Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/Ycn6zKF/beethoven.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/Ycn6zKF/beethoven.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/3 "2021-12-16T17:09:20Z")
He would have been 251 had he lived. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/4 "2021-12-16T18:20:02Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > He would have been 251 had he lived. If he were alive today, he’d be dead. [![](https://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/schulz_pop/2a.jpg) ](https://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/schulz_pop/2a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/5 "2021-12-16T18:51:01Z")
Not dead, just decomposing. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/6 "2021-12-16T19:03:45Z")
He never got his picture on bubble gum cards, did he? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/7 "2021-12-16T20:54:03Z")
It’s also the 248th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, so let’s put the kettle on and have a cuppa! ☕ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/8 "2021-12-16T21:05:49Z")
I am celebrating by listening to his string quartets, and decorating the flat. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/9 "2021-12-16T21:57:45Z")
I’d never seen this one. What a trendoid Schulz was. 🙂 [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7fe6da2bb359a1243944b6cfcd580ee1/tumblr_mxxy7b29W01r1227oo1_640.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7fe6da2bb359a1243944b6cfcd580ee1/tumblr_mxxy7b29W01r1227oo1_640.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/10 "2021-12-16T22:55:48Z")
I understand he had trouble later in life with [hearing. 🙁](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYwB3lJAbYY) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/11 "2021-12-16T23:59:37Z")
^ What? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/12 "2021-12-17T02:10:12Z")
Is this Beethoven’s birthday or his baptismal day? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/13 "2021-12-17T04:18:17Z")
He was baptized on the 17th. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/14 "2021-12-17T06:52:26Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I understand he had trouble later in life with [hearing. 🙁](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYwB3lJAbYY) Yes, but It never stopped him from experimenting with new genres! 🕶 [https://vk.com/video53792243\_162206786](https://vk.com/video53792243_162206786) ---
**Author:** ![Hermione1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/15 "2021-12-17T16:06:47Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kFjE1NnnAIQ/hqdefault.jpg "07 Beethoven Day (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 1999 Broadway Revival)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFjE1NnnAIQ) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/16 "2021-12-17T16:13:08Z")
Oy, it’s Beethoven _sweatshirts_ you want? [https://www.google.com/search?q=beethoven+sweatshirts&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ1N-tnOv0AhWJAxAIHZWIAZIQ\_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1252&bih=564&dpr=1.09](https://www.google.com/search?q=beethoven+sweatshirts&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ1N-tnOv0AhWJAxAIHZWIAZIQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1252&bih=564&dpr=1.09) Enjoy! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/956145/17 "2021-12-17T16:32:10Z")
He also continued to influence pop music well into the 1970s: [https://www.veoh.com/watch/v15996360ry4NMTde](https://www.veoh.com/watch/v15996360ry4NMTde)