Happy birthday, Ludwig van Beethoven!
Born on this day 240 years ago (presumptively, since he was baptized on 17 December 1770) in Bonn, Germany.
Without him our world today would lean just that more heavily in the direction of petulant pols, corrupt clergy, relentless corporate greed & other high crimes & misdemeanors.
So nibble a strudel & consider the mania the Japanese have for singing the Ninth Symphony en masse.
& Gott sei Dank for his genius & his perseverance.
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