Even as a young boy, Beethoven marched to the beat of a different drummer. Trained in the traditional music methods by his father, Beethoven was an accomplished pianist by the age of 12. But he yearned to try new sounds and persevered until audiences heard his music. By his early twenties, this persistent young man performed for Joseph Haydn, who compared him to the great Mozart. Sadly, Beethoven began to lose his hearing, but he threw himself even more deeply into his music, composing "Fur Elise," "Sonata Pathetique" and the dramatic "Fifth Symphony" years later, audience members heard what he could not and leapt to their feet in ecstatic appreciation for such passionate music. His creativity gave the world then, as it does today, music that stirs the soul. The video begins in 1827 with 30,000 people paying tribute to the great Beethoven in Vienna, Austria. Then the video switches to his life as a child...
Richard Rich
Director
Brian Nissen
Writer
William Dennis Hunt
Ludwig van Beethoven as an old man (voice)
Michael Henwright
Ludwig van Beethoven as a young man (voice)
John C. Hyke
Franz Grillprazer (voice)
Jean Miller
Marie Lichnowsky (voice)
Rinehold Montebank
Karl Lichnowsky (voice)
Sean Wright
Joseph Haydn / Aristocrat #1 / Constable #1 (voice)
Apollo Dukakis
Herr Breuning / Aristocrat #2 (voice)
Ed Trotta
Johann van Beethoven / Aristocrat #3 / Constable #2 (voice)
Morgan Rusler
Aristocrat #4 (voice)
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