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LvB and More: A daily blog about Beethoven's life and works.

It wasn't until relatively recently that I discovered how much variety there is in Beethoven's music, or how interesting a person he was. Of all the...
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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)
Tags: Vocal, Guitar
 Djmomo ― Posted on Apr 11th, 2012
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Happy 241st Birthday Beethoven!

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Dec 16th, 2011
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7/18 A Year of Ludwig van Beethoven

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)
Tags: Beethoven, Misc
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 19th, 2011
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7/17 Beethoven's Symphonies for Guitarists and Experimental Music Lovers

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 19th, 2011
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7/16 The (Soon To Be) Compleat String Quartets for Guitarists and Experimental Music Lovers

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 16th, 2011
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7/15 The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.2

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 15th, 2011
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7/14 String Quartet Op.59, No.2

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 15th, 2011
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7/13 String Quartet Op.127

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 13th, 2011
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7/12 Violin Romance in G, Op.40

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 12th, 2011
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7/11 Tchaikovsky's Beethoven

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)
 Djmomo ― Made popular on Jul 15th, 2011
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7/10 String Quartet Op.18, No. 3

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)
 Djmomo ― Made popular on Jul 15th, 2011
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7/9 A Few Remaining Piano Sonatas (No. 15, 22, 25)

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)
Tags: Beethoven, Piano
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 9th, 2011
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7/8 Clockwork and a Calendar

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 8th, 2011
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7/7 String Quartet Op.132, "Song of Thanksgiving"

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 8th, 2011
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7/6 Miami Int'l Piano Festival: A couple selections...

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)
 Djmomo ― Posted on Jul 6th, 2011