On This Day!

[Joy]

In 1807, at a concert given for his benefit, Ludwig van Beethoven conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 4.

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'Truth and beauty joined'

[v russo]

Originally posted by Joy:
In 1807, at a concert given for his benefit, Ludwig van Beethoven conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 4.

A great symphony; one of the more 'classical' of B's except for that wonderfully strange and slow introduction that leads to the Allegro section. That was the difference (in essence)of Beethoven and his prior colleagues.


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v russo