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Being Beethoven

I've been playing Beethoven's musicall of my life, and, as a musician, hearing is pretty...

I've been playing Beethoven's music
all of my life, and, as a musician, hearing is pretty vital

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I've been playing Beethoven's music all of my life,
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and, as a musician,
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hearing is pretty vital.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:22
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E03 And Beethoven simply starts composing at this table, - Being Beethoven 00:27
And Beethoven simply starts composing at this table,
S01 • E01 Hearing is automatic, but listening takes a special knack, - Being Beethoven 00:27
Hearing is automatic, but listening takes a special knack,
S01 • E03 Whenever we play the slow movement of this piece, - Being Beethoven 00:13
Whenever we play the slow movement of this piece,
S01 • E03 There's a tremendous darkness, particularly in the middle section, - Being Beethoven 00:13
There's a tremendous darkness, particularly in the midd...
S01 • E01 "Oh, if I were free from this, I should embrace the world. - Being Beethoven 00:16
"Oh, if I were free from this, I should embrace the wor...
S01 • E03 Early December, in effect, his rage, his temper - Being Beethoven 00:42
Early December, in effect, his rage, his temper
S01 • E01 "Grant me only partial release from my affliction, and you shall - Being Beethoven 00:15
"Grant me only partial release from my affliction, and ...
S01 • E01 I mean, it's very sort of ear-catching to think of Beethoven - Being Beethoven 00:23
I mean, it's very sort of ear-catching to think of Beet...
S01 • E03 He's feeling so unwell he takes to his bed straight away, - Being Beethoven 00:07
He's feeling so unwell he takes to his bed straight awa...
S01 • E01 The Moonlight Sonata is... - Being Beethoven 00:26
The Moonlight Sonata is...
S01 • E03 And this is when he composes his last completed composition. - Being Beethoven 00:54
And this is when he composes his last completed composition.
S01 • E01 There's something of a distance about that. - Being Beethoven 00:14
There's something of a distance about that.
S01 • E03 The last things that we know of that Beethoven said - he's lying - Being Beethoven 00:33
The last things that we know of that Beethoven said - he...
S01 • E02 The aftermath of the Immortal Beloved affair you see play out - Being Beethoven 00:24
The aftermath of the Immortal Beloved affair you see play ou...
S01 • E03 So the funeral is fixed for three days later, - Being Beethoven 00:17
So the funeral is fixed for three days later,
S01 • E02 Oh, terrible circumstances which do not suppress - Being Beethoven 00:17
Oh, terrible circumstances which do not suppress
S01 • E03 To have a procession like that, you might expect that for an emperor - Being Beethoven 00:13
To have a procession like that, you might expect that for an...
S01 • E02 When the implications of all this settled in - - Being Beethoven 00:15
When the implications of all this settled in -
S01 • E03 Beethoven is buried like an aristocrat, which he had always - Being Beethoven 00:08
Beethoven is buried like an aristocrat, which he had always
S01 • E03 The funeral oration is given to Franz Grillparzer, the leading - Being Beethoven 00:14
The funeral oration is given to Franz Grillparzer, the leadi...