Re:The story behind Beethoven's “Ode to Joy”
by lupire on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:07AM
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The Beautiful South, Song For Whoever: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J-q_gAM1BXQ
Bo Burnham, Repeat Stuff: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nt9c0UeYhFc
Another fun theory I’ve read is that the piece was called “Für X” for different values of X at different times.
According to this theory, Beethoven intentionally didn’t publish it so that he could continue to use the same piece to impress different women, “Look what I wrote for you”.
Efficient.