Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 19, 2012

That could be the 5c solution to almost any problem.

Not only Louis Braille —a blind Frenchman— made the reading/writing system for the blind, he also made sheet music for the blind. How do you play an instrument and read the music at the same time? (Here’s my 5¢, Lucy.)

What do you expect for 5 cents?

Call me a heretic, but my favorite is the Sixth.

You get what you pay for.

Considering Beethoven was very sick most of his life it adds more.

He must have heard it in his mind or he couldn’t have written it.

Good advice!

Schroeder why are you at Lucy’s booth

I love that advice. I’d had given her a dime.

He couldn’t have written it without hearing it in his head; he certainly heard it that way better than any of us could. I consider the Ninth Symphony, written after Beethoven had been deaf for years, to be one of the great triumphs of human history.

I was going to mention Helen Keller’s unfinished

10th Symphony but……never mind..

She did finish a book though..“Around The Block In 80 Days”

I love Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. It’s so sad he was stone deaf putting it all together. How would Schroeder feel if he read Beethoven’s deafness stemmed from his father boxing his ears when he missed a note on the piano? I heard Beethoven had Tourette’s Syndrome too.

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I love it all!!! He was a musical genius AND he showed what can happen if you never give up!!! I ♥ Ludwig!!!

This past season the Utah Symphony played all nine of Beethoven’s Symphonies in reverse order, as well as the 5th piano concerto. The Utah Opera opened its season with “Fidelio”, his only opera. It was a good season all around. My favorite Beethoven symphony is #6, with #9 and #7 in a photo finish. A really great piece you don’t hear very often is “Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra.” It’s like the “Ode to Joy”, but more joyful.

I like classic rock as well as classical music. There are many different kinds of music for us to enjoy; I really like steak, but I don’t want it for every meal. Have you noticed that newer recordings of Beethoven’s symphonies are played at a much faster tempo? I used to think that was so they could fit two symphonies on one CD, but modern conductors are going by Beethoven’s metronome markings. The third movement of the ninth symphony was meant to go much faster than we usually hear it. Personally, I think it loses something at that tempo. I’m not a brainiac; I’m a blue-collar working stiff who enjoys and appreciates classical music.

That actually does sound sad…