Author’s Note: Thanks to my esteemed colleague Aquinas Wired for his celebration of Beethoven’s birthday (in December) in his blog, The Quark in the Road. It reminded me of Leonard Bernstein’s lecture about Beethoven’s 5th, which I remembered for the vivid description I mentioned in this headline. To ease my hands, I’ve chosen to share the video of Bernstein on “Omnibus” in 1954. He can say it better than I, and you can hear it.
Happy new year to all of my readers, near and far, new and veteran.
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