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Count Rasumovsky is the Russian
Ambassador in Vienna, he's a great enthusiast, he loves playing the violin. He plays Haydn string quartets,
he's obsessed with Beethoven, he commissions him to write
three quartets. He imagines at first himself as
a player in these, in these works, but, then, when it becomes clear
how difficult the music is, he decides that he'll have a quartet
in residence at his palace and he himself won't play,
he will just employ the players
Ambassador in Vienna, he's a great enthusiast, he loves playing the violin. He plays Haydn string quartets,
he's obsessed with Beethoven, he commissions him to write
three quartets. He imagines at first himself as
a player in these, in these works, but, then, when it becomes clear
how difficult the music is, he decides that he'll have a quartet
in residence at his palace and he himself won't play,
he will just employ the players
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Count Rasumovsky is the Russian
Ambassador in Vienna,
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he's a great enthusiast,
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he loves playing the violin.
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He plays Haydn string quartets,
he's obsessed with Beethoven,
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he commissions him to write
three quartets.
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He imagines at first himself as
a player in these, in these works,
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but, then, when it becomes clear
how difficult the music is,
00:00:30.998 --> 00:00:34.998
he decides that he'll have a quartet
in residence at his palace
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and he himself won't play,
he will just employ the players.
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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.
