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◾“Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents.” —Ludwig van Beethoven
◾“I live wholly in my music.” —Ludwig van Beethoven
◾The final count gives us 650 known pieces of music that are attributed to the creative genius of Ludwig van Beethoven—that’s a lot of opportunities to get to know the soul of Beethoven.

◾“What I have in my heart and soul must find a way out. That’s the reason for music.” —Ludwig van Beethoven
◾“I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” —Ludwig van Beethoven
◾“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” —Ludwig van Beethoven

◾Nothing could match the passion of Beethoven’s playing, however, ranging from the pensive to the ethereal, the stormy to the tranquil, sometimes all in a single performance.
◾“I wish you music to help with the burdens of life and to help you release your happiness to others.”—Ludwig van Beethoven
◾“Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.” —Ludwig van Beethoven

◾“Music comes to me more readily than words.”—Ludwig van Beethoven
◾In 1787, at 16 years of age, Beethoven was sent to Vienna, Austria, to study under the musical master, Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart.
◾“Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of woman.” —Ludwig van Beethoven