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These talks will be streamed. Registrants will be emailed the link the morning of each talk.

2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Join Richard Giarusso, professor of musicology at The Peabody Institute, as he explores the qualities of Beethoven’s music that have fascinated countless listeners and performers for the past two centuries. What is it that is so exceptional about Beethoven’s music and why do audiences flock to hear his symphonies, string quartets, concertos, and sonatas over and over? How was Beethoven’s work received in his own day, and how did his music and career help to shape today’s concert culture? How have performers from Beethoven’s time to our own interpreted his music, and how can the field of historical performance inform our understanding of Beethoven’s music and our relationship to its listeners and performers in the 21st century? Join us to enrich your own understanding of what makes Beethoven “Beethoven."

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