Beethoven poems

[AeolianHarp]

Ok here's my attempt:

Ludwig van Beethoven had a wretched cook;
who could make him a good soup?
He got in a mood and threw a book,
as the servant was such a fool,
to lie and act like a mule.

Ach! Asses! Beethoven complains;
bad cooking gives him pains.
Only those whose heart is pure, will not find,
their soup on the floor.

[AeolianHarp]

Here is one that spawned from my attempts at Beethoven limericks:

If Henry F were still alive,
He'd say, what's this jive?
Electro gizmos, fiddle faddle,
Automatic shift and a paddle.
Nay! Standard shift I'll drive!

I just thought it too much of a stretch to put Beethoven in instead of Henry Ford. Also can't see either of them using the word "jive." But all in fun I guess.

LOL!

[Harvey]

Ok here's my attempt:

Ludwig van Beethoven had a wretched cook;
who could make him a good soup?
He got in a mood and threw a book,
as the servant was such a fool,
to lie and act like a mule.

Ach! Asses! Beethoven complains;
bad cooking gives him pains.
Only those whose heart is pure, will not find,
their soup on the floor.

Ah, it is just like a genius to not tolerate fools!

[Harvey]

Big as in height? Well he was about an inch taller than me ( he was said to 5 foot 4 inches), and you know what they say- good things come in small packages...

But height? Pffffffttt...Ludwig had enough presence to fill a room- if he was 6 foot tall he could have not been any more powerful!

And you know what? People I mention him to, who don't know much about him always seem to think he was a tall man- so there you go! Even now, his presence is felt...

Ultimately it is never outward appearance but character and personality that matter.

[AeolianHarp]

Ah, it is just like a genius to not tolerate fools!

True! I love that about him- something we share.

I joined the website and posted the poem and someone liked it hehe.

I wrote a fiction about our dear Maestro last year- you can see it here on my WordPress ( at the top: A BEETHOVEN THEMED FICTION):

http://edwardianpiano.wordpress.com/

[AeolianHarp]

Ultimately it is never outward appearance but character and personality that matter.

I agree. And he had those in spades!

[Harvey]

I wrote a fiction about our dear Maestro last year- you can see it here on my WordPress ( at the top: A BEETHOVEN THEMED FICTION):

http://edwardianpiano.wordpress.com/

It is a wonderful letter. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. There is a lost art--letter writing. When I was a child, I wrote letters to relatives who lived far away. It was fun.

I was especially interested in this from your letter: "... for everyone knows the high moral conduct of the Master in regards to young ladies."

I read some things that gave me the impression that Beethoven had high moral standards. Here is one from Opera as Theatre by George R. Marek (page 84):

[Beethoven] confessed that as far as he was concerned, he would not have been able to set Don Giovanni to music as Mozart did, the subject being too "immoral" for him.

and from Beethoven and Opera by Winton Dean (in the Cambridge Opera Handbooks Fidelio edition, page 25):

[Beethoven] told Rellstab in 1825 that he could never compose operas on subjects like Figaro and Don Giovanni, which he found frivolous and indeed repugnant...

I find that many operas have subject matter of an immoral nature, and the costumes are often risqué. Even great operas like Fidelio have been butchered by avant garde productions with immodest apparel, This is why I love Bernstein's FIdelio because it is wholesome, just as Beethoven meant it to be.

[AeolianHarp]

It is a wonderful letter. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. There is a lost art--letter writing. When I was a child, I wrote letters to relatives who lived far away. It was fun.

Thank you Harvey. Creative writing is one of my favourite pastimes. Yes, I loved writing letters too, in the days when people still wrote them....

I was especially interested in this from your letter: "... for everyone knows the high moral conduct of the Master in regards to young ladies."

I read some things that gave me the impression that Beethoven had high moral standards. Here is one from Opera as Theatre by George R. Marek (page 84):

Beethoven confessed that as far as he was concerned, he would not have been able to set Don Giovanni to music as Mozart did, the subject being too "immoral" for him.

Yes he did, very much so- he was what we would call a "gentleman" in regards to women. He put a very high value on marriage, seeing it as sacred. I am familiar with his view on Don Giovanni yes.

and from Beethoven and Opera by Winton Dean (in the Cambridge Opera Handbooks Fidelio edition, page 25):

Beethoven told Rellstab in 1825 that he could never compose operas on subjects like Figaro and Don Giovanni, which he found frivolous and indeed repugnant...

I find that many operas have subject matter of an immoral nature, and the costumes are often risqué. Even great operas like Fidelio have been butchered by avant garde productions with immodest apparel, This is why I love Bernstein's FIdelio because it is wholesome, just as Beethoven meant it to be.

Yes, Fidelio/Leonore is a moral opera- looking at love, loyalty and justice.

[AeolianHarp]

Pastoral Symphony Haiku

First Movement: Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country)

Leaves blow in the breeze
the music of trees
carried in the wind
to the ears who can hear
the symphony of nature.


http://hellopoetry.com/poem/628217/p...ymphony-haiku/

[AeolianHarp]

Beethoven's Brook, Pastoral Symphony Haiku

Szene am Bach (Scene at the brook)

Reflections in the water-
gold undulates into the blue;
windows into other eyes
seeing anew.
Hearing with the heart,
ink stained fingers
scratch across the page.

http://hellopoetry.com/search/?q=beethoven

[AeolianHarp]

Pastoral Symphony Haiku-The Country Folk

Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Happy gathering of country folk)

Piping rises in the air,
rough fingers tapping a rhythm
as earth stained feet
circle to nature's beat.
A scherzo of blurring colours
and laughter
seeping into the ink
of Beethoven's notebook.

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/628393/p...mphony-haiku-/

[AeolianHarp]

Pastoral Symphony Haiku-Gewitter, Sturm (Thunderstorm; Storm)

Water falls
on the page
and taps the battered hat.
Voices rise
over the groans in the sky.
Seeking the arms
of the trees
sodden bodies huddle together
as one
shrugs into his coat
and raises his eyes to the Heavens.

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/628353/p...erstorm-storm/

[AeolianHarp]

Pastoral Symphony Haiku.

Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Shepherds' song; cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm)

Droplets shaken,
fall from the old hat
as sensitive fingers
send them
back home.
Sunlight warms
brown faces,
knotty hands clasped
in thanks and joy.
Muted voices,
in the ears
of a silent man
walking away,
his notebook carrying
the sounds he hears in his soul.

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/628393/p...mphony-haiku-/

[Harvey]

I still have to explore the 6th, and those poem parts will be useful when I do. Going to copy and print them out. Now here is another limerick:

Beethoven was a curious fellow,
Whose music was not always mellow.
He grabbed fate by the throat,
Rearranged it note for note,
A triumphant sound did follow.

[AeolianHarp]

Nice little limerick Harvey!