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And that's great, until Beethoven
is visiting out in the country in Lichnowsky's palace, and there
are some French officers visiting, who were occupying Vienna
at the time, they're Napoleon's soldiers, and Lichnowsky says,
"I want you to play for them", and Beethoven says, "I will not
play for our country's enemies." So Beethoven flees the palace
after their argument, carrying the manuscript
of the Appassionata, which got wet and smeared
in the rainstorm. He gets home,
he has a bust of Lichnowsky, he smashes it on the floor, and that's the end
of Lichnowsky's stipend, which was about a third
of his income, and that's what Beethoven
was capable of then, but he never did that again
with a patron
is visiting out in the country in Lichnowsky's palace, and there
are some French officers visiting, who were occupying Vienna
at the time, they're Napoleon's soldiers, and Lichnowsky says,
"I want you to play for them", and Beethoven says, "I will not
play for our country's enemies." So Beethoven flees the palace
after their argument, carrying the manuscript
of the Appassionata, which got wet and smeared
in the rainstorm. He gets home,
he has a bust of Lichnowsky, he smashes it on the floor, and that's the end
of Lichnowsky's stipend, which was about a third
of his income, and that's what Beethoven
was capable of then, but he never did that again
with a patron
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And that's great, until Beethoven
is visiting out in the country
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in Lichnowsky's palace, and there
are some French officers visiting,
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who were occupying Vienna
at the time,
00:00:12.096 --> 00:00:15.056
they're Napoleon's soldiers,
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and Lichnowsky says,
"I want you to play for them",
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and Beethoven says, "I will not
play for our country's enemies."
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.048
So Beethoven flees the palace
after their argument,
00:00:25.048 --> 00:00:28.064
carrying the manuscript
of the Appassionata,
00:00:28.064 --> 00:00:32.028
which got wet and smeared
in the rainstorm.
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He gets home,
he has a bust of Lichnowsky,
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he smashes it on the floor,
00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.000
and that's the end
of Lichnowsky's stipend,
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.048
which was about a third
of his income,
00:00:42.048 --> 00:00:47.000
and that's what Beethoven
was capable of then,
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.998
but he never did that again
with a patron.
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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.
