Another Crackpot Theory

[Michael]

This will do your heart good:

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...sis-arrhythmia

[Peter]

I think it might indicate a stutter They've tried this one with Mahler as well and perhaps with more justification. http://josephlihm.blogspot.co.uk/200...phony-and.html

[Fidelio]

Whatever next?

Didn't Beethoven fall in love with Julia Guicciardi in 1801 when she was aged 16? Her father forbade any match with B then due to his deafness. She left for Italy in 1803 after marrying the impotent Count Gallenberg. Shouldn't the women in the article (1809) be Therese Malfatti and not Julia.

[Michael]

Is it the weather or what but more old stories are coming out of the woodwork:

http://buffalonews.com/2017/02/16/ey...african-roots/

[Fidelio]

....and I am sure it may get worse as we approach 2020.

[Michael]

And this old chestnut has been resurrected:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...s-darkest-work

[Michael]

I misread the title of this article and I thought the writer was blaming Beethoven for all the anger in today's world:

http://www.thestrad.com/listening-be...-modern-world/

And another article (which I will spare you) states that apes can't tell the difference between Beethoven and Justin Bieber. Who would have thought it?






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[Megan]

I misread the title of this article and I thought the writer was blaming Beethoven for all the anger in today's world:

http://www.thestrad.com/listening-be...-modern-world/

Next, They'll be blaming Beethoven for Brexit, I wouldn't be surprised.

[Michael]

Next, They'll be blaming Beethoven for Brexit, I wouldn't be surprised.

He could be responsible. Maybe the English got fed up with the European Anthem.