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Being Beethoven

"Oh, if I were free from this,I should embrace the world. "My youth. Yes, I feel it isonly...

"Oh, if I were free from this,
I should embrace the world. "My youth. Yes, I feel it is
only beginning now. "Every day,
I draw nearer to the goal "that I can sense
but not describe

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"Oh, if I were free from this, I should embrace the world.
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"My youth. Yes, I feel it is only beginning now.
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"Every day, I draw nearer to the goal
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"that I can sense but not describe.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:30
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 • 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 • E03 Early December, in effect, his rage, his temper - Being Beethoven 00:42
Early December, in effect, his rage, his temper
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...
S01 • E03 "We stand weeping beside the tattered strings of the silent instrument. - Being Beethoven 00:05
"We stand weeping beside the tattered strings of the si...
S01 • E03 "Art - great sister of both goodness and truth, - Being Beethoven 00:10
"Art - great sister of both goodness and truth,
S01 • E03 "Because he shut himself off from the world, - Being Beethoven 00:20
"Because he shut himself off from the world,
S01 • E03 "He was alone because he could find no second self." - Being Beethoven 00:05
"He was alone because he could find no second self.&quo...
S01 • E02 What do you do if you've got something blocking your ears? - Being Beethoven 00:15
What do you do if you've got something blocking your ea...