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Being Beethoven

There's something of a distanceabout that. There's something a little bitremoved and...

There's something of a distance
about that. There's something a little bit
removed and untouchable about it. There's no warmth to it at all,
really

Full Transcript

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There's something of a distance about that.
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There's something a little bit removed and untouchable about it.
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There's no warmth to it at all, really.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:09
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 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...
S01 • E02 He's crying out his pain as well, - Being Beethoven 00:14
He's crying out his pain as well,
S01 • E02 Is a composer allowed to be wild? - Being Beethoven 00:11
Is a composer allowed to be wild?
S01 • E01 And this new element, the new style of Beethoven, - Being Beethoven 00:11
And this new element, the new style of Beethoven,
S01 • E02 The Seventh Symphony picks up an idea - Being Beethoven 00:17
The Seventh Symphony picks up an idea
S01 • E01 In the Third Symphony, there is a passage where the rhythm goes - Being Beethoven 00:08
In the Third Symphony, there is a passage where the rhythm g...
S01 • E01 I heard stories what actually happened in the first performance, - Being Beethoven 00:10
I heard stories what actually happened in the first performa...
S01 • E02 And in no other composition is it as extreme - Being Beethoven 00:57
And in no other composition is it as extreme