It’s no mere Bagatelle.
I know that Ray Charles stole one of his most popular songs from Beethoven, as shown in this rare footage. Apologies for the poor video quality but it is over 200 years old.
The kid in Peanuts loves Beethoven.
LOL, I had the fun of meeting him once back in 1979 [I went to school with David Zinman’s kid and met him backstage at a concert with David Zinman, who also has a wicked funny sense of humor.]
One of my favorite books to swipe out of my dad’s library when growing up was Victor Borge’s My Favorite Intermissions.
Yes, when I met him in Carnegie Hall, he told me he drove there in his Kreisler.
His name is Schroeder. Lucy once told him that Beethoven wasn’t so great, because he’d never been on a bubble gum card.
“Our greatest accomplishment was convincing the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was one of US.”
-Austria
Didn’t Ludwig have a cute, randy sister named Misty?
And how did he get there?
Practice, practice!
I don’t know about Beethoven, but Bach never had any money, which is why he always played Baroque.
More surprisingly, he also had a misty brother named Randy.
Why couldn’t Beethoven find his teacher?
He was Haydn.
Beethoven was explaining to his manservant Hans how musicians find inspiration all around them in everything they see and hear, and he said “For instance, Hans, I might even find that something you say or do inspired my very next symphony - think of that!”. “Oh, that’s a good joke, master!” exclaimed Hans. “A lunkhead like me inspire a genius like you! What a hoot! Ha-ha-ha-haa! Ha-ha-ha-haa!”
I think I read that when he died, he was working on a project he called Deaf Jams.
Home boy was waaaay ahead of his time.
What was Beethoven’s favourite fruit?
Ba-na-na-NAH!
And when he was out for lunch, he hung a little sign on his door:
**BACH at 1 o’clock.
OFFENBACH earlier.
**
Beethoven once commented that the difference between a tenor and an alto is:
Tenors don’t have hair on their backs.
You GUYS!!! panache45, that’s some panache, my friend!!!
Are you serious about that last quote???
Because I want to use that the next time West Georgia College (my alma mater) has another Beethoven Festival.
I love you guys, and I am sure the Maestro would have loved you too!
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Also, thanks to Thudlow Boink for directing me here! 