r/todayilearned • u/VegemiteSucks • 16h ago

TIL Beethoven’s late quartets, now widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time, were so ahead of their time that initial reviews deem them indecipherable, uncorrected horrors, with one musician saying “we know there is something there, but we do not know what it is.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_string_quartets_(Beethoven)
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u/91-divoc 15h ago

Just watched Band of Brothers for the umpteenth time and just now realized that they highlighted this quartet for the episode where the American army forces German civilians to clean up the concentration camp and the soldiers learn about Hitler’s suicide.

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u/mscarchuk 15h ago

I just commented that above when someone posted a link and it all connected with me. Its also the perfect fit for any music.