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In 1822, there is a Rossini craze
going on in Vienna. Rossini is 30 at this point,
he's the hot young voice in opera. He is also an admirer of Beethoven, so he's brought to Beethoven for
a visit. Beethoven is 51 at this point. Two things amaze Rossini - one is the squalor that Beethoven is
living in and the other is how warm
Beethoven is to him. So in this period, in 1822,
when the world considers him half crazy and deaf and finished as
a composer, and he hasn't written a symphony in
a long time, he's in the middle of the
Missa Solemnis, the most ambitious piece of
his life
going on in Vienna. Rossini is 30 at this point,
he's the hot young voice in opera. He is also an admirer of Beethoven, so he's brought to Beethoven for
a visit. Beethoven is 51 at this point. Two things amaze Rossini - one is the squalor that Beethoven is
living in and the other is how warm
Beethoven is to him. So in this period, in 1822,
when the world considers him half crazy and deaf and finished as
a composer, and he hasn't written a symphony in
a long time, he's in the middle of the
Missa Solemnis, the most ambitious piece of
his life
Full Transcript
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In 1822, there is a Rossini craze
going on in Vienna.
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Rossini is 30 at this point,
he's the hot young voice in opera.
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He is also an admirer of Beethoven,
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so he's brought to Beethoven for
a visit.
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Beethoven is 51 at this point.
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Two things amaze Rossini -
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one is the squalor that Beethoven is
living in
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and the other is how warm
Beethoven is to him.
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So in this period, in 1822,
when the world considers him
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half crazy and deaf and finished as
a composer,
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and he hasn't written a symphony in
a long time,
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he's in the middle of the
Missa Solemnis,
00:00:36.004 --> 00:00:38.084
the most ambitious piece of
his life.
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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.
