Monday 11 May 2015

Pastoral Symphony

Pastoral Symphomy

Beethoven in the rain, Tower Grove Park. There is a large, ornate gazebo just to the left of the frame.  It is surrounded by eight marble columns, topped with busts of 18th and 19th Century composers.  I'm sure they reflect the taste of the rich people of the times who erected this.

Images of Ludwig almost always glower. Maybe the depictions are wrong, Or maybe he was in need of Zoloft long before its time. But the composer of the Ode to Joy could not have looked like this when he wrote it.                   

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