Ludwig van Beethoven
@realludwigvan.myatproto.social
The LeBron James of classical music. Started going deaf in my 20s. Finished going deaf in my 50s. NOT a parody account! "The situation is desperate, but not serious." He/Him
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TIL Beethoven intended "Ode to Joy" to be an anti-aristocracy drinking song. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_...
Ode to Joy - Wikipedia
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...Pretty much
I'm the kind of guy who responds to any sort of challenge with SFORZANDO!
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm the kind of guy who responds to any sort of challenge with SFORZANDO!
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I confess I knew nothing of Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée’s (1841-1929) music until producer Luke Whitlock suggested her. But then I went down an #Andrée rabbit hole - and what riches! Join Donald Macleod for Composer of the Week 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I confess I knew nothing of Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée’s (1841-1929) music until producer Luke Whitlock suggested her. But then I went down an #Andrée rabbit hole - and what riches! Join Donald Macleod for Composer of the Week 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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That feeling when you and your friend agree that Beethoven Eroica is not one of the S-tier Beethoven symphonies
a man talking to another man with the words did we just become best friends below him
Alt: Did we just become Best Friends? Two men nodding in forceful agreement
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
That feeling when you and your friend agree that Beethoven Eroica is not one of the S-tier Beethoven symphonies
I'd never do something like this at an airport. Someone's music parlor? Maybe.
Our flight got delayed so @kellysue.bsky.social and I are doing a signing at gate B5. Limit to five items. No line.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'd never do something like this at an airport. Someone's music parlor? Maybe.
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Why is she asking the minority leader if he will do something only the majority can do?
WELKER: Can you guarantee you will reopen the government before Thanksgiving?
JEFFRIES: Donald Trump needs to get off the golf course and get back to the negotiating table
JEFFRIES: Donald Trump needs to get off the golf course and get back to the negotiating table
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why is she asking the minority leader if he will do something only the majority can do?
They hang the little thieves and let the big ones escape!
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They hang the little thieves and let the big ones escape!
It took some time but I finally got around to getting off of Spotify. Me, not my music. I don't have any control over that anymore. Which is incredibly frustrating.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It took some time but I finally got around to getting off of Spotify. Me, not my music. I don't have any control over that anymore. Which is incredibly frustrating.
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I’m so pissed at how all these networks and everyone are not showing white people when talking about SNAP. We’re the largest demographic of SNAP recipients yet they’re primarily showing Black and Brown people and we all know why they’re doing it!
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m so pissed at how all these networks and everyone are not showing white people when talking about SNAP. We’re the largest demographic of SNAP recipients yet they’re primarily showing Black and Brown people and we all know why they’re doing it!
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
Mamdani is going to institute Sonata law. All musical publications shall follow strict rules and formulae regarding the arrangement of their notes.
Mamdani is going to implement Charpentier law and, while he is mayor, the Metropolitan Opera will be required to open every season with a historically-informed production of "Les Arts Florrisants" (1685)
Mamdani is gonna implement shakshuka law. Everyone gets distributed a delicious pan of simmering tomatoes, onions, garlic, spices, and gently poached eggs, which they get as state-sponsored breakfast.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mamdani is going to institute Sonata law. All musical publications shall follow strict rules and formulae regarding the arrangement of their notes.
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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It me
New in PN: @donmoyn.bsky.social on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It me
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"These works proved that art can challenge prejudice, demand recognition, and tell essential truths that statistics or politics alone cannot."
www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-r...
www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-r...
The Harlem Renaissance: How a Neighborhood’s Revolution Changed American Culture Forever
By HWM In the 1920s, Harlem was not just a neighborhood in Manhattan—it was the electric center of a cultural and artistic revolution that altered
www.harlemworldmagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"These works proved that art can challenge prejudice, demand recognition, and tell essential truths that statistics or politics alone cannot."
www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-r...
www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-r...
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Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch
In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.
techcrunch.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
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if you didn’t catch my column this week you can now watch it
The return of the blue wave? A look at Tuesday’s election results.
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
if you didn’t catch my column this week you can now watch it
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In 2021, a few guys in his cellblock invited Jeshua to make pizza with them for the Super Bowl. He was asked to buy a bag of chili, a pickle and two packages of ramen noodles.
"I didn’t understand how these ingredients could make a pizza, but I was game."
"I didn’t understand how these ingredients could make a pizza, but I was game."
Cooking Pizza in Prison Requires Creativity
Prison pizzas test people’s culinary creativity and are a way to share good food with friends.
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In 2021, a few guys in his cellblock invited Jeshua to make pizza with them for the Super Bowl. He was asked to buy a bag of chili, a pickle and two packages of ramen noodles.
"I didn’t understand how these ingredients could make a pizza, but I was game."
"I didn’t understand how these ingredients could make a pizza, but I was game."
I can't argue with this.
Sir, I am sorry to be the one to tell you that you are remembered as being infamously arrogant and rude. Our hypothetical conflicts would be the result of no flaw of my own.
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I can't argue with this.
These are crimes against humanity.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
These are crimes against humanity.
LOL "princess music". In all seriousness, props to you for exposing your 4yo to my 3rd symphony. It is one of my better symphonies.
I just put on “Eroica,” and 4yo called it “princess music” because “it’s kind of the music you hear at the beginning of the movie.”
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
LOL "princess music". In all seriousness, props to you for exposing your 4yo to my 3rd symphony. It is one of my better symphonies.
This is my Tom Holland Umbrella video.
#LudwigvanBeethoven - #MoonlightSonata3rdMovement - #TinaS #Cover
#Metal #Classi #Classical #Guitar #Prodigy #Alternative #Progressive #Virtuoso #Beautiful #Spiritual #Music #Beethoven #MoonlightSonata
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#Metal #Classi #Classical #Guitar #Prodigy #Alternative #Progressive #Virtuoso #Beautiful #Spiritual #Music #Beethoven #MoonlightSonata
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata ( 3rd Movement ) Tina S Cover
YouTube video by Tina S
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is my Tom Holland Umbrella video.
I'm curious what behavior/personality flaw this person thinks I would find so hateful as to DESPISE someone for it.
Beethoven would despise me. Brings me no joy to admit this, although getting to hear a translation of the insults he would hurl at me would bring me a lot of joy.
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm curious what behavior/personality flaw this person thinks I would find so hateful as to DESPISE someone for it.
Delighted to be paired with J.S. Bach in such a manner.
Oratorio Society Of New Jersey To Present The Bach/Beethoven Experience, November 15
The unusual pairing of these two pieces will give the audience a rare opportunity to experience both the differences between Bach’s baroque style and Beethoven’s classical style and their similarities, as…
The unusual pairing of these two pieces will give the audience a rare opportunity to experience both the differences between Bach’s baroque style and Beethoven’s classical style and their similarities, as…
Oratorio Society Of New Jersey To Present The Bach/Beethoven Experience, November 15
The unusual pairing of these two pieces will give the audience a rare opportunity to experience both the differences between Bach’s baroque style and Beethoven’s classical style and their similarities, as Beethoven built on Bach’s foundation.
montclairlocal.news
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Delighted to be paired with J.S. Bach in such a manner.
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‘Debussy restored a feeling for chords to all musicians. He was as important as Beethoven who revealed to us progressive form, and as Bach who introduced us to the transcendence of counterpoint.'
— Béla Bartók
— Béla Bartók
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
‘Debussy restored a feeling for chords to all musicians. He was as important as Beethoven who revealed to us progressive form, and as Bach who introduced us to the transcendence of counterpoint.'
— Béla Bartók
— Béla Bartók
Sharing this portrait of a bust of me because, well, it's kind of cluttered, isn't it?
Bust Of Beethoven And Barnett Freedman Lithograph: watercolour and pencil
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sharing this portrait of a bust of me because, well, it's kind of cluttered, isn't it?
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Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🎶🎥
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff