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is a composer who, once he died, became a decomposer.

After Beethoven died he became a decomposer

Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.

is the top. Who can do anything after him?

is of such greatness that even to follow in his footsteps transcends one's strength.

To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.

is a composer who embraced the universe with the power of his spirit.

Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit . . . I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.

is a composer whose last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.

Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.

is a composer whose music always sounds like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.

Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.

is eternal --- everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Ludwig van Beethoven, n.All

Ludwig van Beethoven