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Beethoven

Opinion 

A thought experiment: Which of today’s rock artists will still be heard 100 years from now?

March 21, 2022March 20, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beatles, Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Mozart, Music Critics, Paul Whiteman

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] What’s the oldest song you know? I’m not talking about something

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Cool! 

Imagine this Christmas sound-and-light display next door to you.

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beethoven, Christmas Displays

Beethoven would be proud. The rest of the neighbourhood? I’m not sure. (Via Nerdist)

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Recommended Music 

What if The White Stripes covered Beethoven?

July 15, 2020July 14, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beethoven, Cover Version

Then it might sound something like this. (Via Larry)

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WTF? 

If Beethoven had written “Old McDonald Had a Farm,” it would sound like this.

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beethoven

Clever? Or stupid? As always, there’s can be a very fine line between the two. (Via Tom and ClassicFM)

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, April 16, 2018

April 16, 2018April 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Beethoven, Beyonce, Coachella, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Flea, George Michael, Hard Rock Cafe, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Madonna, National 8-Track Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Titanic, Toys R Us

Interesting hockey factoid: On this day in 1910, the Boston Arena opened. It’s the oldest hockey rink still in use.

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, April 14, 2018

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Art Bell, Beethoven, Coast to Coast, Fruit Punch Music, HomePod, Huey Lewis, Humboldt Broncos, Katy Perry, Lady Maureen, Lee Abramson, Mariah Carey, MySpace, Podcast, Pope Francis, Rod Stewart, Scarface, Soundcloud, Stevie Wonder

Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. That’s all I’ve got–other than these music news items for April 14, 2018. Here

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, November 21, 2017

November 21, 2017November 20, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Beethoven, David Bowie, Dustin Bentall, FACTOR, Joni Mitchell, Kindle, Netflix, Pharrell, Radio, Soviet Union, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tom Wilson

Okay, people. Time to take down the Halloween decorations. Those carved pumpkins look pretty disgusting. You’ve been warned. And now,

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Music News 

AI Project Figures Out How Jimi Hendrix Might Interpret Beethoven–And Vice-Versa

August 14, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Artificial Intelligence, Beethoven

Researchers at Birmingham City University were wondering “How might a classical giant like Beethoven handle a song by Lady Gaga?”

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, February 23, 2017

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Avenged Sevenfold, Beethoven, Best Song, Bob Marley, Bono, Completely Ignored, Depeche Mode, Eddie Van Halen, Golden Record, Headphones, James Brown, Jay Z, Kanye West, KISS, Metallica, Mike Pence, Oscars, Thom Yorke, Voyager

I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and

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Cool! 

Your Weird Thanksgiving Music Video: 167 Theremin Nesting Dolls Play Beethoven

November 24, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beethoven, Masami Takeuchi, Matryoshka, Theremin

Ever hear of a musical instrument called a Matryomin? Its invention dates to the 1920s when Masami Takeuchi became a

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The Mathematics Behind the Music of Beethoven

April 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beethoven, Classical Music, Math

I’ve always marvelled at the complexity of classical music and the genius it must have taken to write the great

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