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Apr 11, 2012
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Vom Tode Version for Guitar and voice

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Haven't posted in awhile but just recently received this awesome video of Beethoven's "Vom Tode" (Op. 48, no. 3.) arranged and performed by Grant Valdes:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddj5nlMl9jUFantastic job. Check out Grant's YouTube channel for... (More)
Posted on Apr 11th, 2012
Dec 16, 2011
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Happy 241st Birthday Beethoven!

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Dear Maestro Beethoven,Happy Birthday!I couldn't let your 241st birthday go without some kind of blog post, right?I haven't written anything blog-wise about Beethoven since July, the completion of the year-long Daily Beethoven project, but in the... (More)
Happy 241st Birthday Beethoven!
Posted on Dec 16th, 2011
Jul 19, 2011
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7/18 A Year of Ludwig van Beethoven

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― And so I've come to Day 365 of the Daily Beethoven project. It's been a long journey and I've certainly learned alot. The original idea behind starting this blog was just to put my favorite Beethoven links in one place, and somehow along the way I... (More)
7/18 A Year of Ludwig van Beethoven
Posted on Jul 19th, 2011
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7/17 Beethoven's Symphonies for Guitarists and Experimental Music Lovers

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Picasso, "Woman with Mandolin" 1910The symphonies of Beethoven are to me the greatest artistic creation in the history of mankind. So of course it's pretty ambitious to transcribe these for rock instruments. I resisted for a long while, but once I... (More)
7/17 Beethoven's Symphonies for Guitarists and Experimental Music Lovers
Posted on Jul 19th, 2011
Jul 16, 2011
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7/16 The (Soon To Be) Compleat String Quartets for Guitarists and Experimental Music Lovers

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Picasso: "Bottle, Guitar, and Pipe" Museum Folkwang, Essen, GermanyI've posted about my sequenced "rock" transcriptions of Beethoven's string quartets a couple times before but this time I've gone back and remixed/remastered them a bit, with some... (More)
7/16 The (Soon To Be) Compleat String Quartets for Guitarists and Experimental Music Lovers
Posted on Jul 16th, 2011
Jul 15, 2011
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7/15 The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.2

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Remember when I posted the "The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.1"? Well here's Volume 2...hope you enjoy listening, these were a blast to put together!Piano Concerto 1I: 0:04 II: 12:29 III: 20:32 LinkPiano Concerto 2I: 0... (More)
7/15 The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.2
Posted on Jul 15th, 2011
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7/14 String Quartet Op.59, No.2

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Lieux/AllemagneLeipzig.htmlOne more string quartet before the final lap...String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Op.59, No.2 ('Rasumovsky' 2)Recorded live at the Taos School of Music, July 22, 2007Alexandra Osborne, violin;... (More)
7/14 String Quartet Op.59, No.2
Posted on Jul 15th, 2011
Jul 13, 2011
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7/13 String Quartet Op.127

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― http://www.lvbeethoven.com/MeetLvB/GermanyBonnBeethoven-Haus.htmlBeethoven's String Quartet No.12 in Eb, Op.127, has been sadly overlooked here in favor of the personal "hits" like the Grosse Fugue and the Heiliger Dankgesang.. however it's an... (More)
7/13 String Quartet Op.127
Posted on Jul 13th, 2011
Jul 12, 2011
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7/12 Violin Romance in G, Op.40

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― (www.lvbeethoven.com)Beethoven's second Violin Romance actually has a lower opus number than his first, but it immediately sounds more bold due to it's wiry unaccompanied violin entrance...Renaud Capuçon gives a somewhat unique performance - I do... (More)
7/12 Violin Romance in G, Op.40
Posted on Jul 12th, 2011
Jul 11, 2011
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7/11 Tchaikovsky's Beethoven

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― © All Rights Reserved by MikeBarnettHaving posted previously about composers "rewriting Beethoven" (Bartok, Rachmaninoff, Hindemith, Liszt), I submit Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to the list...courtesy of quarrion100:"One of his student orchestrations,... (More)
7/11 Tchaikovsky's Beethoven
Made popular on Jul 15th, 2011
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7/10 String Quartet Op.18, No. 3

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Klinger's Beethoven sculpture postcard (www.lvbeethoven.com)I haven't yet posted a complete live String Quartet No.3 in D, Op.18, No.3, mainly because I couldn't find one on the "Tube of You"...however here are movements 1 and 4...1st movement -The... (More)
7/10 String Quartet Op.18, No. 3
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Jul 9, 2011
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7/9 A Few Remaining Piano Sonatas (No. 15, 22, 25)

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Beethoven composes the 14th sonata (www.lvbeethoven.com)Looking over my "Works Index" there are a few gaps in my list, so I'll try to fill those in the next few days...Pt 1-3: Piano Sonata #15 In D, Op.28, "Pastoral" (1801) (Sahun Hong)Pt 4-5: Piano... (More)
7/9 A Few Remaining Piano Sonatas (No. 15, 22, 25)
Posted on Jul 9th, 2011
Jul 8, 2011
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7/8 Clockwork and a Calendar

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― From a "Beethoven Calendar"Remix time...Marc Heatley: Created as part of Sound Affairs' 2008 "Ludwig" tour - "A tribute to Beethoven in music and film." I was asked to create original work in response to the music. This piece (to accompany the... (More)
7/8 Clockwork and a Calendar
Posted on Jul 8th, 2011
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7/7 String Quartet Op.132, "Song of Thanksgiving"

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Beethoven and the blind woman, F. Armin (www.lvbeethoven.com)Beethoven's String Quartet Op.132 is most famous for the 3rd movement "Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart" (A Convalescent's Holy Song of... (More)
7/7 String Quartet Op.132,
Posted on Jul 8th, 2011
Jul 6, 2011
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7/6 Miami Int'l Piano Festival: A couple selections...

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Musical Map of "Rage" by James BoykThe Miami Int'l Piano Festival 's Youtube channel has almost 400 videos of complete performances of classical works on piano and other chamber instruments. Here's a few Beethoven selections...I decided not to... (More)
7/6 Miami Int'l Piano Festival: A couple selections...
Posted on Jul 6th, 2011
Jul 5, 2011
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7/5 Jonathan Grows Up

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― The Chamber Orchestra KremlinJonathanA while ago I did a post on young and exciting talents and one of the people I mentioned was Jonathan (Okseniuk), who did an AMAZING job conducting Beethoven's final movement to the 5th Symphony. You can see the... (More)
7/5 Jonathan Grows Up
Posted on Jul 5th, 2011
Jul 4, 2011
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7/4 Kreisler's Rondino

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Fritz KreislerFritz Kreisler was one of the most important violinists of the 20th century, both for his playing as well as his composing for the instrument. In fact he wrote a Rondino based on an unused theme by Beethoven (from the rejected final... (More)
7/4 Kreisler's Rondino
Posted on Jul 4th, 2011
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7/3 Marmottes and Beethoven

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Marmottes.I've recently noticed a plethora of arrangements of Beethoven's own arrangement of the traditional air, "La Marmotte".First, a "straight version:LinkNow..on accordion:Linkand electric guitar & synthesizer:LinkOf course, I did my own... (More)
7/3 Marmottes and Beethoven
Posted on Jul 4th, 2011
Jul 2, 2011
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7/2 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Play Beethoven

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Robert Louis Stevenson is best known as a writer of books like "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" but he also had an unusual side-career of transcribing works for recorder. Here's a performance of... (More)
7/2 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Play Beethoven
Posted on Jul 2nd, 2011
Jul 1, 2011
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7/1 Beethoven, The Ventures and a Giant Harmonica

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― The Ventures are pretty famous as a surf-rock band but here they do some groovy arrangements of Beethoven: The Ventures play the 5th SymphonyLinkThe Ventures play the Moonlight SonataLinkAnd for no logical reason whatsoever I'm going to throw in... (More)
7/1 Beethoven, The Ventures and a Giant Harmonica
Posted on Jul 1st, 2011
Jun 30, 2011
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6/30 The Eroica Without a Net

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Persimfans is one of the few orchestras which perform without a conductor. Jusging from a short video documentary about them (link at bottom) they apparently do a good deal of modern, avant-theatrical repertoire. However in this video they perform... (More)
6/30 The Eroica Without a Net
Posted on Jun 30th, 2011
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6/29 Bernard Herrmann's 100th Birthday

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Today marks the 100th anniversary of Bernard Herrmann's birth (let's call it his 100th birthday). I've always cited Herrmann as my favorite 20th Century composer. In fact he was my introduction to orchestral music in general. Back when I was deep... (More)
6/29 Bernard Herrmann's 100th Birthday
Posted on Jun 30th, 2011
Jun 28, 2011
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6/28 Violin Concerto 3rd Movement (Chee-Yun)

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Chee-YunI usually make it a rule not to post a work unless all the movements are available (or at the very least the 1st movement) so when I came across a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto Op.61 which was missing the 1st movement I hadn't... (More)
6/28 Violin Concerto 3rd Movement (Chee-Yun)
Posted on Jun 28th, 2011
Jun 27, 2011
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6/27 Bagatelles on Guitar, Hand Cannons

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Though I have posted a good chunk of my own sequenced versions of Beethoven's works arranged/transcribed for guitar, there are of course many great live performances - among them this fine set of Bagatelles transcribed and performed by David... (More)
6/27 Bagatelles on Guitar, Hand Cannons
Posted on Jun 27th, 2011
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6/26 Artur Rubinstein Competition Beethoven Works Pt. 2

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Helene TysmanContinued from yesterday, here is a selection of Beethoven's latter works as performed at the recent Rubinstein Competition.Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 ("Waldstein") (Eduard Kunz)Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 ("Appassionata") ... (More)
6/26 Artur Rubinstein Competition Beethoven Works Pt. 2
Posted on Jun 27th, 2011
Jun 25, 2011
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6/25 Artur Rubinstein Competition Beethoven Works Pt. 1

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― The Arthur Rubinstein 13th International Piano Master Competition was recently held and most of the performances were uploaded to Youtube. Here are some of the best Beethoven performances. Today will be the early Beethoven works and tomorrow I'll... (More)
6/25 Artur Rubinstein Competition Beethoven Works Pt. 1
Posted on Jun 25th, 2011
Jun 24, 2011
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6/24 Paganini's Caprices and Bartok's Mikrokosmos on Guitar

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Nicolo Paganini, by Richard James Lane (died 1872), published 1831Thought I'd divert from Beethoven today to post some of my guitar sequences of Paganini and Bartok...fun stuff (if I do say so myself).Paganini - All 24 Solo Violin Caprices on Guitar ... (More)
6/24 Paganini's Caprices and Bartok's Mikrokosmos on Guitar
Posted on Jun 24th, 2011
Jun 23, 2011
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6/23 Sonata No.31 with Hélène Grimaud

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― It was just a couple days ago that I snuck in a Richter performance of Beethoven's Piano Sontata 31, so here's a more descriptive post with a performance by Hélène Grimaud..From Allmusic:Beethoven's piano sonatas grew in complexity and depth as the... (More)
6/23 Sonata No.31 with Hélène Grimaud
Posted on Jun 23rd, 2011
Jun 22, 2011
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6/22 Beethoven Loves Doris

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― Written in 1793 at age 23, this is a charming piece by the young Beethoven.(Text by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim)Ein Selbstgespräch (Soliloquy), WoO.114 (1793)Ich, der mit flatterndem SinnBisher ein Feind der Liebe binUnd es so gern beständig bliebe... (More)
6/22 Beethoven Loves Doris
Posted on Jun 22nd, 2011
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6/21 The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.1

LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works. ― “Guitar” (1914) ferrous sheet metal and wire" MoMA © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.1...or perhaps can "Like Eventually"...After doing rock versions of Beethoven's complete string quartets,... (More)
6/21 The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.1
Posted on Jun 22nd, 2011

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