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Ocelot II

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1. I knew before I opened the thread which piece you were referring to.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 01:55 PM

Aug 10

When I was in college, a good friend played this sonata, #32, Op. 111, Beethoven's last one, at his senior recital. Most of his later music is very strange for the time (he was deaf by then, so other people's music could no longer bother him); the last string quartets are especially weird. I remember my friend practicing this for a long time; it's quite difficult - but Beethoven wouldn't have cared.

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Gotta admit, I didn't know Beethoven wrote boogie-woogie (not ai, promise!) [View all] malthaussen Aug 10 OP

I knew before I opened the thread which piece you were referring to. Ocelot II Aug 10 #1

LOTS of such stuff, and there's also MOZART! elleng Aug 10 #2

I used to be able to play this... Ocelot II Aug 10 #5

Many years ago, there was a delightful ad for some food item... 3catwoman3 Aug 11 #9

Had no idea. Dixiegrrrl Aug 10 #3

Then there's this... jls4561 Aug 10 #4

Cool! 😎 anciano Aug 10 #6

That's probably the coolest music news snot Aug 10 #7

Another bit where Beethoven got his left hand boogie boogie octaves going. LudwigPastorius Aug 11 #8