Great to see Beethoven on this site (though the lyrics should be primarily credited to Schiller). It isn’t unreasonable to state that the Ninth is one of humankind’s greatest achievements.
Yet... Isn’t this the guy who penned a suicide note, ripped it up and shook his fist at fate? Broke a half dozen keys every time he pounded on the (early forms of the) piano and brought drums into the orchestra?! And treated his room like Zeppelin on tour?!!
The origins of metal (seriously) pass down through Wagner and reach back to Beethoven’s defiant, thundering, raging and racing music. The critical reviews of his contemporaries saw his music as loud noise -sound familiar? Not surprising that many bands -from Jethro Tull to Trans-Siberian Orchestra- have integrated his music into the hard rock/metal idiom.
Great to see Beethoven on this site (though the lyrics should be primarily credited to Schiller). It isn’t unreasonable to state that the Ninth is one of humankind’s greatest achievements.
Yet... Isn’t this the guy who penned a suicide note, ripped it up and shook his fist at fate? Broke a half dozen keys every time he pounded on the (early forms of the) piano and brought drums into the orchestra?! And treated his room like Zeppelin on tour?!!
The origins of metal (seriously) pass down through Wagner and reach back to Beethoven’s defiant, thundering, raging and racing music. The critical reviews of his contemporaries saw his music as loud noise -sound familiar? Not surprising that many bands -from Jethro Tull to Trans-Siberian Orchestra- have integrated his music into the hard rock/metal idiom.