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Being Beethoven

It starts with thesefamous few notes and the first movementis wild and dark and driven and...

It starts with these
famous few notes and the first movement
is wild and dark and driven and passionate

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It starts with these famous few notes
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and the first movement is wild and dark
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and driven and passionate.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:25
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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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.
S01 • E02 Beethoven invented the journey from hell to paradise - Being Beethoven 00:07
Beethoven invented the journey from hell to paradise
S01 • E02 Music shows that there is a possibility - Being Beethoven 00:22
Music shows that there is a possibility
S01 • E01 Beethoven is a passionate man and, when he falls in love, - Being Beethoven 00:11
Beethoven is a passionate man and, when he falls in love,
S01 • E03 As Karl gets older, the relationship deteriorates. - Being Beethoven 00:58
As Karl gets older, the relationship deteriorates.
S01 • E02 Andreas Streicher, a piano maker, - Being Beethoven 00:25
Andreas Streicher, a piano maker,
S01 • E01 # Adelaide. # - Being Beethoven 00:06
# Adelaide. #
S01 • E02 From this mask, they make this bust, - Being Beethoven 01:01
From this mask, they make this bust,
S01 • E02 What underlies his creation is love towards humanity. - Being Beethoven 00:20
What underlies his creation is love towards humanity.
S01 • E02 Beethoven writes the Fifth Piano Concerto in 1809 - Being Beethoven 00:12
Beethoven writes the Fifth Piano Concerto in 1809
S01 • E01 Malinconia's an amazing movement and very unusual, - Being Beethoven 00:17
Malinconia's an amazing movement and very unusual,
S01 • E01 AGGRESSIVE STRINGS - Being Beethoven 00:34
AGGRESSIVE STRINGS
S01 • E02 I think this is one of the reasons why his music - Being Beethoven 00:20
I think this is one of the reasons why his music
S01 • E01 It's a memory, but it's significant. - Being Beethoven 00:15
It's a memory, but it's significant.
S01 • E01 It's particularly clear, somehow, - Being Beethoven 00:35
It's particularly clear, somehow,
S01 • E02 Beethoven can express emotions in music - Being Beethoven 00:34
Beethoven can express emotions in music
S01 • E03 In the sketchbook, he jots down an idea for new strength - Being Beethoven 00:27
In the sketchbook, he jots down an idea for new strength
S01 • E01 "I must say that I lead a wretched life. - Being Beethoven 00:10
"I must say that I lead a wretched life.
S01 • E03 I think the late quartets are...they're transcendental. - Being Beethoven 00:13
I think the late quartets are...they're transcendental.
S01 • E02 He just improvises, extemporises, plays for goodness knows how long. - Being Beethoven 00:16
He just improvises, extemporises, plays for goodness knows h...
S01 • E03 This blew me away, and that combined, I think, especially - Being Beethoven 00:19
This blew me away, and that combined, I think, especially