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Music picks up where words fail - such as after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when Kurt Masur led the New York Philharmonic in a performance of "A German Requiem" by Johannes Brahms.ġ3 years earlier, Masur's voice advocating nonviolence had been raised - and heard - in a delicate and confusing situation, the Monday demonstrations in Leipzig preceding the demise of the Communist state in Germany - a revolution that, in the end, was peaceful. The orchestra included a number of famous musicians, the concert was a success and the proceeds went to war veterans or their families. The world premiere was only a month and a half after the greatest wartime catastrophe preceding World War I, the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig. The prevalent mood in this work, however, is joyous the rhythms captivating. Symphony which was the big hit and in fact was encored at the end of. That blow of fate is often brought into connection with his music, such as in the deeply sad sound of the second movement. Despite Beethovens low opinion of the Viennese, it was the second movement of the Seventh. WORLD PREMIERE: December 8, 1813, at the University of Vienna. Bonn, then a sovereign electorate DIED: March 26, 1827. It's no coincidence that Wikipedia lists no fewer than 14 films that use music from Beethoven's Seventh.Ĭomposed between 18, it premiered in Vienna in 1813 under the direction of Beethoven himself, who by that time was nearly completely deaf. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN BORN: Probably on Decem(his baptismal certificate is dated December 17, 1770). Although the composer Richard Wagner described this symphony as "the apotheosis of the dance," various images come to mind when hearing the music.