Friday essay: Beethoven - an icon at risk of overexposure?
- Written by David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney
Happy birthday Beethoven, 250 this year. Here, artist Ottmar Hoerl's sculptural tribute in Bonn, Germany. Shutterstock
In a series marking the 250th year of his birth, we analyse the significance of Ludwig van Beethoven.
In the centre of Bonn, a bronze statue stands on a pedestal in the Münsterplatz.
The figure is dressed in typical early...
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