Ludwig van Beethoven - WoO 32 Duet with 2 obbligato eyeglasses for Viola and Cello in E-flat major

Subscribe Some personal reminiscences of Beethoven describe him as wearing glasses for example as a result of weak eyes from childhood smallpox a need even in his early youth to resort to concave very strong highly magnifying spectacles.
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371 One of the most curious pieces of evidence for Beethoven wearing glasses is a duet for viola and cello that he wrote to play with his cello-playing eyeglass-wearing friend Nikolaus Zmeskall an official in the Hungarian Chancellery in Vienna who often did favors for Beethoven. Beethoven titled his duet for viola and cello Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern duet with two obbligato eyeglasses obbligato being a term used in music to indicate something that should be played as written or something indispensable not optional obligatory. Recording at the Maritime Museum in Oslo Norway as part of the Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival August 14th - 18th 2012. Cynthia Phelps Viola Efe Baltacigil Cello Subscribe Do you want help the channel? Donate at:

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