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And in no other composition
is it as extreme as in the Seventh Symphony, which is like an orgy
of this rhythmic pattern. It goes on and on and on
in a completely and almost boringly repetitive way. Mozart would have... ..probably must have hated it,
would he be alive, but, for the time,
this was the new great idea. It is a drug. It excites us. And this excitement is something
the new composer wants, but the old people thought
it was dangerous or devilish. Beethoven wants to excite us with this repeated, repeated rhythm, and this is
the Seventh Symphony's power. MUSIC: Symphony No. 7
by Beethoven
is it as extreme as in the Seventh Symphony, which is like an orgy
of this rhythmic pattern. It goes on and on and on
in a completely and almost boringly repetitive way. Mozart would have... ..probably must have hated it,
would he be alive, but, for the time,
this was the new great idea. It is a drug. It excites us. And this excitement is something
the new composer wants, but the old people thought
it was dangerous or devilish. Beethoven wants to excite us with this repeated, repeated rhythm, and this is
the Seventh Symphony's power. MUSIC: Symphony No. 7
by Beethoven
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And in no other composition
is it as extreme
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as in the Seventh Symphony,
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which is like an orgy
of this rhythmic pattern.
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It goes on and on and on
in a completely
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and almost boringly repetitive way.
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Mozart would have...
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..probably must have hated it,
would he be alive,
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but, for the time,
this was the new great idea.
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It is a drug. It excites us.
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And this excitement is something
the new composer wants,
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but the old people thought
it was dangerous or devilish.
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Beethoven wants to excite us
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with this repeated, repeated rhythm,
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and this is
the Seventh Symphony's power.
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MUSIC: Symphony No. 7
by Beethoven
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Movie Summary
Marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 1770, a documentary series that focuses on the real, complex and often difficult man behind the great composer.
