# Lord Have Mercy, Maestro Beethoven!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-have-mercy-maestro-beethoven/645821>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-have-mercy-maestro-beethoven/645821 "2013-01-02T12:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-have-mercy-maestro-beethoven/645821/1 "2013-01-02T12:24:49Z")

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How in the world did you _ever_ persevere?? I have been to your apartments (so many stairs), and touched your piano (forte piano), listened to your hits (and not so “Greatest Hits”!), and I can’t for the life of me understand why you didn’t take your own life given the pain you must have endured???

You must have loved us very much, Maestro.

Q

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-have-mercy-maestro-beethoven/645821/2 "2013-01-02T17:38:41Z")

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I think he was thinking of us (i.e. future generations) when he composed; so, thank you Ludwig.

A few months ago, when you were taking a break from posting, we had a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666685) about Beethoven (+ dumb jokes) that seemed incomplete without a **Quasi** post.