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The myth of Beethoven is that
he was beyond subservience and he was too independent, did not need patrons
and all that sort of thing, but, in fact, he depends
on them very much. Beethoven is a freelancer. That means he has to piece together
a living from composing and performing and teaching and patrons, and one of those patrons
is Lichnowsky, who gives him a really very generous
yearly stipend of 600 florins
he was beyond subservience and he was too independent, did not need patrons
and all that sort of thing, but, in fact, he depends
on them very much. Beethoven is a freelancer. That means he has to piece together
a living from composing and performing and teaching and patrons, and one of those patrons
is Lichnowsky, who gives him a really very generous
yearly stipend of 600 florins
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The myth of Beethoven is that
he was beyond subservience
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and he was too independent,
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did not need patrons
and all that sort of thing,
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but, in fact, he depends
on them very much.
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Beethoven is a freelancer.
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That means he has to piece together
a living
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from composing and performing
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and teaching and patrons,
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and one of those patrons
is Lichnowsky,
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who gives him a really very generous
yearly stipend of 600 florins.
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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.
