Beethoven's greatest hit? It isn't the piece you'd think
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The surprising symphony in question is his most performed work – yet only a few professionals would be able to hum the opening theme
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Q&A with Billy Joel – Music Connection Magazine
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Hitler, Freud, and The Feminine Principle
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Beethoven's Little Song
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Boos for Beethoven's 9th in Vienna - Slippedisc
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Beethoven - Grumpy composer quotes: 12 humbug moments - Classic FM
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How Slowly Should Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Be Played?
Eroica by Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (Album, Symphony): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
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A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Malcolm McDowell as Alex - IMDb
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With the Beatles,” by Haruki Murakami
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Ken Fritz built a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable. - Washington Post
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Is Beethoven too “pale, male, and stale” for these times, oppressing more diverse composers? – Why Evolution Is True
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The Best of Beethoven
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The Sad State of Classical Music Today
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Lennon tells the stories behind some of the Beatles' biggest songs