ULudwig van Beethoven, ngo-1818, ngu-Agasti Klöber.Ifoto ngu-Universal History Archive / Getty Izithombe Oku bekufanele ukuba ngunyaka kaLudwig van Beethoven. Iyinto engaqhelekanga ukuyithetha ekukhanyeni kwendlela elitshintshe ngayo ilizwe lethu, kodwa kuyinyani. Ngaphambi kokuba i-COVID-19 inyanzelise sonke ngaphakathi, kwakukhona amakhulu eziganeko baceba ukubhiyozela isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-250 sokuzalwa komntu owayeyimvumi eyaziwayo eyakha yaphila.
EYurophu urhulumente waseburhulumenteni wabeka bucala imali exabisa i-33 yezigidi zeedola ukulungiselela le mibhiyozo. I-Philharmonic yaseBerlin ucwangcise umdyarho weyure ezingama-24 ngo-Epreli, ijelo lenkcubeko leTV Ubugcisa Imiboniso bhanyabhanya ecwangcisiweyo yangoku zisithoba zeengoma, kwaye imisebenzi yokuhlawula irhafu yayalelwa ziokhestra ezaziwayo.
Kunyanzela umntu ukuba abuze, ngokwendalo, ukuba kutheni uBeethoven esasebenza ngamandla njengoko esenza kwingqondo yethu xa sisonke. Ezi ncwadi zineempendulo ezimbalwa ezinokusanelisa de kube ngu-2027, xa siphinda sihlangana kwakhona ukukhumbula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-200 yokubhubha kwakhe kwaye mhlawumbi ezinye zeziganeko zalo nyaka zinokuthi zenzeke ekugqibeleni. Okwangoku, funda malunga nezizathu ezininzi zokuba umqambi omkhulu afanele ukuba afakwe kwezinye zeencwadi ezinomdla kakhulu ezibhaliweyo ngobomi bakhe nomsebenzi wakhe. 
UBeethoven: Intlungu kunye noNqobe NguJan Swafford.IHorton Mifflin Harcourt
UBeethoven: Intlungu kunye noNqobe by UJan Swafford
Kukho ii-biographies zikaBeethoven ezibhaliweyo kangangeenkulungwane, okokuqala kubonakala kungekudala emva kokudlula kwakhe. Inguqulelo yeSwafford iyacetyiswa ngezizathu ezininzi, ngokuqala ngendlela ekwazi ngayo ukonwabisa ngaphandle kokuba yi-hagiographic.
U-Beethoven wayeyingqondi, kodwa akaze abe ngoyena mntu ubalaseleyo ukuba abekho. Into eyenziwa nguSwafford kukudala ukuqonda ukuba kwakuthetha ukuthini ukuba nguBeethoven, ukulwa nezifo zokwenyani kunye nokucinga, ukulahleka kwendlebe, kunye neembandezelo eziqhelekileyo ezichaphazela wonke umntu okhethe ukuziphilisa njengemvumi ngenkulungwane ye-18 eYurophu.
Kukho okwaneleyo apha ukuhlala kubathandi kunye nabaqeqeshi, ngenxa yokuba iSwafford ibambe iDMA kwiSikolo soMculo saseYale. Eyona nto inesisa ayiphumezayo kukwenza isifundo sakhe sibe ngumntu, esikhumbuza ukuba usenokuba wazabalaza ngaphezulu kunabantu abaninzi abamngqongileyo, kodwa wasebenzisa iintlungu zakhe ukwenza into engunaphakade. 
Utshintsho lweBeethoven: Imibongo ngobomi nguRuth Padel.Unombombiya
Utshintsho lweBeethoven: Imibongo ngobomi b kunye noRuth Padel
Iimpawu ezahlukileyo zembeko evela kwimbongi yaseBritane, epapashwe ngoFebruwari kulo nyaka, zizityhila ngcono kwabo bazi ngakumbi ngobomi bukaBeethoven. UPadel uqeqesha iliso lakhe kumama wakhe onesidima kunye notata olinxila, kwiminyaka yokuqala xa wayenyanzelwa ukuba abe ngumgcini wabantakwabo, uthando lwakhe olungafunekiyo kwaye, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, luvo oluvaliweyo olwalumvalele ngaphandle komculo wakhe.
UPadel wadlala umculo wasekamereni ngokwakhe, kwaye njengenzala yomphambukeli owayekhe waqeqeshwa phantsi kwabafundi bakaBeethoven, uzisa ulwamvila kwinto ebalulekileyo ngobomi kwindinyana.
Cinga ngemigca yakhe yokuvala umbongo kwi-Moonlight Sonata:
Umculo welahleko, wokuphulukana. Isiseko seBass.
Ukuhamba okuphezulu kube kanye kuphela
nokuphelelwa lithemba. Ke entsha
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kuvakala njani, usisithulu?
I-Beethoven yeXesha eliDala: Ukuhlala neeQuartet zoMtya ngu-Edward DusinberreIYunivesithi yaseChicago Press I-Beethoven yeXesha eliDala: Ukuhlala neeQuartet zoMtya b kunye no-Edward Dusinberre
Iiquartet zikaBeethoven zihlala zichazwa njengeengqungquthela zommandla wolwazi. Kwiimvumi, zingumthombo ongapheliyo wokumangalisa, owenza ukuba oku ngaphakathi kubonakale kunomdla. Ivela kwi-violinist yokuqala ye-Takács Quartet eyaziwayo emhlabeni, engena kwimbali yeqela lakhe kunye neenkcazo zendlela yabo edibeneyo yomnye umculo omnandi kakhulu owenziweyo.
Kummameli, kunokuba nzima ukuqonda ukuba bunjani ubomi kwikota; indlela isandi sayo esiguquka ngayo njengoko amalungu ngokwawo eguquka; okanye indlela isiqwengana somsebenzi esitshintsha ngayo ithoni njengoko iimvumi zixoxa malunga neendlela ezingapheliyo zokuyidlala. Bambalwa abaphulaphuli abayiqondayo into uBeethoven awayezama ukuyifeza ngeequartet zakhe zasemva kwexesha. Kukho i-apocrypha ye-anecdote echaza ukuba ayisebenzi kubaphulaphuli kodwa kubudala. Ngoncedo lukaDusinberre, kuba lula ukuyamkela loo anecdote njengenyaniso. 
Izinwele zikaBeethoven nguRussell Martin.IPenguin Random House
Izinwele zikaBeethoven b kunye noRussell Martin
Uqweqwe lwale ncwadi luyichaza ngokucacileyo njenge-odyssey engaqhelekanga yembali kunye nemfihlakalo yesayensi esonjululwe. Ivula ngo-Beethoven ebhedini yakhe yokufa njengoko iinwele zakhe zitshixwayo yimvumi encinci. UMartin ulandelela imbali ephawulekayo yalaa mfanekiso ushiyekileyo, wawulandela kwilizwe liphela kunye nembali enegazi yaseJamani de yafika kumhlaba wefandesi kaSotheby phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1990.
Into enomdla ngakumbi kunolo hambo yinto ethethwa yinzululwazi malunga noBeethoven, enika iimpendulo ezinqabileyo kwimibuzo ephakanyisiweyo okoko waswelekayo: Ngaba isithulu sakhe sabangelwa yityhefu ekhokelayo? Ngaba oogqirha abamnyangayo benzakalisa ngaphezu kokulunga? Kwakutheni ukuze alwe nempilo enkenenkene ubomi bakhe bonke?
Kulabo abathanda umculo kunye nabani na onomdla kwi-forensics, isayensi yeemolekyuli, okanye nje ibali elonwabisayo, oku kulungile njengoko kunjalo.
