Speedy Beet
Radiolab
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The Fifth You Could Play Faster Than Beethoven?
Terrence: Beethoven was kind of an outsider. Didn't come from privilege. Some people say that his grandmother was of African descent. Probably stood out in 19th century Vienna. So you could say, here's this guy who's always on the outside and he wants his music to always express that. But he can see into the future to a time when his music would become... The Canon. The Man. Yes.
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