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Title: How Beethoven’s 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music
Source: Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding
URL Source: https://www.unz.com/isteve/are-they-going-to-come-for-beethoven-too/
Published: Sep 17, 2020
Author: Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding
Post Date: 2020-09-17 09:09:31 by Ada
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Views: 1502
Comments: 29

To many, Beethoven’s most famous work is a symbol of exclusion and elitism in classical music.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony starts with an anguished opening theme — dun dun dun DUNNNN — and ends with a glorious, major-key melody. Since its 1808 premiere, audiences have interpreted that progression from struggle to victory as a metaphor for Beethoven’s personal resilience in the face of his oncoming deafness.
The famous first movement of the Fifth doesn’t do much for me, but the finale …
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#2. To: Ada (#0)
The famous first movement of the Fifth doesn’t do much for me, but the finale …

The fags at the florist shop I made deliveries for as a young man were into Opera.
The owner of that shop said the country music I listened to was "the worst music this side of Nashville."
He had been married a one time and had a very pretty teenage daughter. I bet she is married off by now. ;)

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You're a country fan! A real fag field ;)
https://theweek.com/articles/494728/country-musics-not-secret-gay- history

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