Weeknights at 7:00 PM Children and Childhood continues to be our theme this month on WFMT; it’s also the subject of Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. As we’ve been more…
Archive for December 16, 2013
Beethoven’s Smile—yes, he had one.
Monday, December 16, 2013 by Noel Morris

One December tradition on WFMT has nothing to do with candles, carols or holidays: Beethoven’s birthday. Each year on December 16th, WFMT goes wall-to-wall Beethoven. There are images of the German composer that stick with us: the first four notes of the Fifth Symphony or the stern-faced Andy Warhols. He seems like such a dour customer, but was he?
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