Music & Rhythms of the Heart

[Megan]

The striking rhythms found in some of Beethoven’s most famous works may have been inspired by his own heartbeat, says a team of researchers from the University of Michigan and University of Washington that includes a cardiologist, medical historian, and musicologist.

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http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archi...ally-heartfelt

[Peter]

What next I wonder? He must have had a very irregular heartbeat, they'd have him on Warfarin now and we wouldn't have had all those great works!

[AeolianHarp]

What next I wonder? He must have had a very irregular heartbeat, they'd have him on Warfarin now and we wouldn't have had all those great works!

I bet he'd bin them after they made him feel ill and call the doctors asses.