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Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German pianist and composer of the transitional period between the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He remains one of the most brilliant, prolific and influential composers of all time. Beethoven is widely regarded as a master of musical construction, sometimes sketching the architecture of a movement before he had decided upon the subject matter. He was one of the first composers to systematically and consistently use interlocking thematic devices, or 'germ-motives', to achieve unity between movements in long compositions. (Some insight into the meaning of the germ-motive...

Beethoven R. is a heavy metal band from Madrid (Spain) founded in 1997 by the bassit Jose Maria. Their concerts always start with the famous piece, 5th Symphony of Beethoven. In 1999 the album "Ja,ja" was released and was managed by the label Avispa. They continued doing concerts and started to prepare for their second album. The second album, "Un poco mas" was also managed by the label Avispa, and the theme "El Guardian de tu piel" was one of their best hits. The vocalist was unhappy with the new direction that the band was heading in and decided to...

Este grupo de sinfo-rock debutó en 1969, en el Festival de Música Beat. Ya para 1970 se presentaban casi constantemente en el Instituto Di Tella y, en varias oportunidades, como teloneros de Luis Alberto Spinetta. En noviembre de 1971 participaron del B.A.Rock II y en abril del '72 se lanzaron a un show propio, en el Teatro Premier. A raíz del éxito obtenido fueron convocados para El B.A.Rock III y la película "Rock hasta que se ponga el sol". Para la aparición del primer disco ("Superángel", 1973) Jorge Liechtenstein reemplazó a González en la batería. Si bien ésta es una...

A number of years ago, Richard Perlmutter toyed with the idea of writing lyrics to masterpieces of classical music. While humming Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, the words “Beethoven’s Wig is very big” popped into his head. "It really struck a chord because the words fit perfectly with the first eight notes of the symphony,” says Perlmutter. “And the wig is a perfect symbol for classical music." Perlmutter proceeded to add lyrics to the entire allegro con brio of Beethoven’s Fifth, and liked it so well that he put words to ten more pieces by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Haydn and other composers. Then...