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supercantaloupe · 3 days ago

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saw that stupid "if it sounds like the music is trying to make you go deaf it's beethoven 🤣🤣" post again. i'm totally normal and cool about it and definitely not grinding my teeth or clenching my fist so hard my knuckles turn white. anyway unrelated have you ever heard of the heiligenstadt testament

#sasha speaks #it's a deeply shallow and inaccurate way to go about characterizing any composer's output #and the rest of the ones included in that post + its many reblogs also annoy me #but beethoven in particular. BEETHOVEN. being reduced to 'haha angry deaf man'#is so deeply and insultingly wrong #that man loved life and loved art so much. and it tortured him to slowly lose his hearing -- his access to the world and to friends --#that the only thing that literally kept him alive was the knowledge that he had more to give to the world with his music #he had more to say and create. even when he pulled away from everyone due to his disability and his temper #and his dedication and motivation to creating music that he felt needed to be made regardless of popular trends or tastes #made him one of if not the most singularly influential figures in western music history. possibly all of music history #sorry for getting mad over a joak poast on the internet but like. get his name and his disability out of your fucking mouth lol #(that's also not what most beethoven compositions sound like. lol & lmao. tell me you only know the opening to sym 5 without telling me)

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