Further findings related to the confusion, reported here a few days ago, and elsewhere years ago, about Beethoven and his markings and his metronome: “Conductors’ Tempo Choices Shed Light over Beethoven’s Metronome,” Almudena Martin-Castro and Iñaki Ucar, PLoS ONE, vol. 15, no. 12, 2020, e0243616. (Thanks to Xavier Purroy Solans for bringing this to our […]
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Was Something Wrong with Beethoven’s Metronome?
Was something wrong with Beethoven’s metronome? Well, was something wrong? Well? A fair number of people have tried hard to find out. Four of them produced this mathematics-based analysis: “Was Something Wrong with Beethoven’s Metronome?” Sture Forsén, Harry B. Gray, L.K. Olof Lindgren, and Shirley B. Gray, Notices of the AMS, vol. 60, no. 9, […]
Beethoven for elephants
When all else fails, watch this video that documents Beethoven for elephants:
Happy New Year: Beaker’s Ode to Joy
For New Year’s Eve, a traditional song: Beaker’s Ode to Joy: BONUS: David Attenborough’s rendition of “What a Wonderful World” (HT Margo Howard and Ann Crichton-Harris): BONUS: “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”