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Ages: 10 - 18
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Although Beethoven had performed his 4th Piano Concerto privately, in 1807, the public did not hear it until the 22nd of December, 1808. On that night they also heard four hours of new music in a cold concert hall (the heating system had failed to wo...rk properly). After he personally played this concerto at the December 1808 concert, Beethoven never publicly performed with an orchestra again.
In this clip, we see Murray Perahia playing the last movement of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto with Sir Colin Davis conducting the New York Philharmonic. (9:09)
Perhaps because of those factors - or maybe because the 4th was so different from Beethoven's first three concertos for solo piano and orchestra - the work was never publicly performed again in Beethoven's lifetime
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April 17, 2010 at 02:00 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as Seen Through Data
This video shows Stephen Malinowski playing the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. The sheet music scrolls by at the bottom, and a bar graph scrolls across the top. The colors indicate t...he "pitch class" of the notes; that is, every C# is a certain color (blue), every E is a certain color (olive green), etc. The piece is in the key of C# minor, so there's lots of blue and green, especially at the beginning and end. (07:33)
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May 2, 2011 at 07:24 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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Johanna took Ludwig back to court after her son, Karl, ran away from Beethoven's home. She argued that her brother-in-law was disregarding her son’s best interests. At the end of all the legal wrangling and court hearings, however, Johanna lost all... control of her son. (9:59)
During the second custody battle, Beethoven was able to keep composing. He worked on his extremely complicated piano solo, the Hammerklavier. Its music is unrelenting, difficult-to-play and emotionally explosive.
In it, one can almost hear its creator’s pain.
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April 17, 2010 at 03:17 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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This video plays Beethoven's Moolight Sonata while showing photographs of the composer. (6:21)
July 11, 2009 at 09:23 AM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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On the 17th of December, 1808, an announcement appeared in a Vienna newspaper. It told the public that Ludwig van Beethoven would give a concert, at the Theater an der Wien, in five days. It said, among other things: "All the pieces are of his own... composition, entirely new, and not yet heard in public."
In this clip, recorded in 1989, we see Krystian Zimerman performing Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto with Leonard Bernstein conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker. (9:09)
It was a really long concert - four hours - which took place in a very cold concert hall. Another composer, J. F. Reichardt, attended.
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April 17, 2010 at 01:55 PM
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Ages: 6 - 13
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Notes of different colors scroll across the screen in sheet music from Minuet in G. The soothing music, vibrant colors, and simple animation also make it entertaining for young eyes. The video also be used when teaching younger students how to read... music. (01:20)
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June 20, 2012 at 10:37 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Fur Elise is one of Beethoven's most popular piano solos. It was originally named Bagatelle in A minor for solo piano, marked poco moto, dated 27 April 1810. Atsuko Seta plays Beethoven's fur Elise piano music in a Live Recording in Toyono Jubel Ha...ll 2007. (3:24)
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December 2, 2009 at 12:06 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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The "Moonlight Sonata," by Beethoven, is one of the most beloved piano compositions of all time. There is an interesting story about its creation which is explained by the Beethoven-Haus (Beethoven House) in Bonn, Germany:
In the middle of the 19t...h century there arose a striking fable surrounding the composition of Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata." Beethoven meets a blind girl sitting at a piano and, stricken by her fate, he sits down himself at the piano and can suddenly feel the rays of moonlight coming in through the window and weaving themselves into the notes he is playing. He rushes home and writes down the "Moonlight Sonata." In another version he watches how the moonlight is reflected in the features of a blind girl while he is playing for her and her brother. The tale and its symbolism were of particular interest to visual artists.
Still images appear as the Sonata is played. (6:56)
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April 18, 2010 at 08:32 AM
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Ages: 11 - 17
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Minuet in G major is a composition originally written for orchestra, but was lost and only an arrangement for piano has survived. It has become very popular. This rendition of Minuet in G on the Piano is played by Jools Scott ...in a performance in the Pump Room, in Bath, England. (1:59)
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December 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM
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