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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle*

@realludwigvan.myatproto.social

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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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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 11d

...Pretty much

Until All of Us Are Free @solidarity5ever.bsky.social · 12d

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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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 6h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 10h

You're right.

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

More like anti-science.

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THE Paul Murphy @paulmurphyetc.bsky.social · 13h

A fish rots from the head down.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13h

An open wound festers if you ignore it.

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

Hate reacts on those who nourish it.

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

I was formerly inconsiderate and hasty in the expression of my opinions, and thereby I made enemies.

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

Hate reacts on those who nourish it.

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

I feel this. My normal routine is Caffeine-Up-And-Start-Writing but sometimes I get interrupted by Down-And-Depressed-Go-Back-To-Bed and sleep for 2 months.

Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 15h

the eternal struggle between I-should-go-back-to-bed and I-should-caffeine-up-and-start-writing.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Canvas, donate, counter disinfo among friends and family when you hear it, print and distribute @meganpiont.bsky.social 's anti-ICE zines, refuse to comply, film. That all counts.

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

I am not in the habit of rewriting my compositions.

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

When you're a musical celebrity known for piano, young pianists approach you all the time asking to play piano for you. Sometimes you have to break the news that they'll have to play for a long time before they realize they actually can't play at all.

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

I need a text which stimulates me; it must be something moral, uplifting. Texts such as Mozart compose I should never have been able to set to music. I could never have got myself in the mood for licentious texts.

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

I could not compose operas like "Don Juan" and "Figaro;" toward them I feel too great a repugnance. I could never have chosen such subjects; they are too frivolous.

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 13h

How happy I am to be able to wander among bushes and herbs, under trees and over rocks; no one can love nature as I love it. Woods, trees, and rocks send back the echo that man desires.

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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 20h

Beethoven and Banjos 2025 brings Icelandic soundscapes to the Northwoods

https://www.byteseu.com/1437002/

The annual Beethoven and Banjos festival returns this fall with a fresh cross-genre collaboration celebrating Icelandic music. Presented by the Northwoods Music Collaborative, the 2025 …

Beethoven and Banjos 2025 brings Icelandic soundscapes to the Northwoods - Bytes Europe

The annual Beethoven and Banjos festival returns this fall with a fresh cross-genre collaboration celebrating Icelandic music. Presented by the Northwoods

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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. This episode of the Daily had me yelling and spitting. Vought is a Christian nationalist extremist, not a small govt conservative who happens to be Christian.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 1d

Three random things about me:

1. I count out my coffee beans by hand every morning.

2. I am terrible at sitting still for portraits.

3. I once got into a public fistfight with my brother (over my music).

Lt. Boohura @ltuhura.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:

1. I don't like the wind blowing in my ears.

2. I have zero tattoos.

3. I had an accident, and now I have trouble singing on key.

DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:

1. I speak Spanish but don't look like someone who'd speak Spanish. Many surprised looks.

2. I really am a doctor but not that kind of doctor.

3. I'm a great cook but never taste what I'm cooking, only taste it when it's finished. That's part of the fun.

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Carl Rosman @carlrosman.bsky.social · 1d

WHEEEEEEEEEEE

Music score displayed on a well-known tablet device. A piece for clarinet and orchestra. Clarinet part is sometimes in two lines, sometimes in tablature. There is a lot of my scribble: “delicate/mellow/mysterious”; “corporeal/incorporeal”; “fast mordents”; “quiet high harmonics”; some fingerings; some notes that will be produced from the tablature if I get it right.

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 1d

"With joy shall I hasten forward to meet death; if he comes before I shall have had an opportunity to develop all my artistic capabilities, he will come too early in spite of my harsh fate, and I shall probably wish him to come at a later date."

-Me, 1802-

Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 1d

Wunderbar!

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Cool new fund from @royalphilsoc.bsky.social:
'We will annually offer a number of grants to encourage UK-based performers, ensembles, venues and festivals to put exceptional yet overlooked music by historic women composers at the heart of their programming'

Introducing the new RPS Ambache Fund

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 1d

Mozart having that kind of foresight certainly makes for a good and prophetic story. But with as much mythmaking that goes on about me already...I prefer to stick with the facts on the ground. So I leave the encounter in the realm of fantastic possibilities.

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Ludwig van Beethoven *un voce spetralle* @realludwigvan.myatproto.social · 1d

There's no hard evidence. Just a story from a guy who heard another guy say that Mozart told HIM I'd "give the world something to talk about," but no one ever heard from the man himself. You'd think if I was that impressive I'd've made it into a letter or something, right?

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2d

We discuss WHY Black women are facing a uniquely bad labor market right now and cite work from Dr. Valerie Wilson who cites cuts to manufacturing, the federal workforce, and professional business services.