Looking for a Beethoven Poster or source art
May 19, 2006 8:00 AM Subscribe
I'm trying to find a poster of Ludwig van Beethoven for my wall at home.
I would love to have a poster with an image of Beethoven, perhaps some notes or sheet music, and some of the text (the original German, not a translation) of the Choral movement of the 9th. Obviously, I want something very specific. I've looked at allposters.com and several other online poster sites and I haven't found quite what I'm looking for. Does such a thing exist?
Beethoven has long been one of my heros. I was attracted to his piano music as a young piano student and expanded into enjoying his symphonies and other works. As a disabled person myself, it is very inspiring to see someone overcome such a very huge obstacle as deafness to go on to produce what I consider some of the most beautiful works created. It is because of this that the 9th Symphony has grown to be my favorite work of his -- not only is the music and the text of the choral movement beautiful to me -- it is something that he composed while completely deaf. It is because of this I want to have this poster.
Since the likelihood is small of exactly what I want existing, is there a source where I can get high quality electronic images of Beethoven that I can freely use? I'd want to take a try at making something with The Gimp or Inkscape or something like that. Any pointers on how I would go about creating such a thing, I'm a relatively un-talented in the visual arts.
Beethoven has long been one of my heros. I was attracted to his piano music as a young piano student and expanded into enjoying his symphonies and other works. As a disabled person myself, it is very inspiring to see someone overcome such a very huge obstacle as deafness to go on to produce what I consider some of the most beautiful works created. It is because of this that the 9th Symphony has grown to be my favorite work of his -- not only is the music and the text of the choral movement beautiful to me -- it is something that he composed while completely deaf. It is because of this I want to have this poster.
Since the likelihood is small of exactly what I want existing, is there a source where I can get high quality electronic images of Beethoven that I can freely use? I'd want to take a try at making something with The Gimp or Inkscape or something like that. Any pointers on how I would go about creating such a thing, I'm a relatively un-talented in the visual arts.
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"not only is the music and the text of the choral movement beautiful to me -- it is something that he composed while completely deaf."
Doesn't seem that he was completely deaf.
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posted by Gyan at 8:32 AM on May 19, 2006
"not only is the music and the text of the choral movement beautiful to me -- it is something that he composed while completely deaf."
Doesn't seem that he was completely deaf.
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posted by Gyan at 8:32 AM on May 19, 2006
In terms of the lyrics of the Hallelujah chorus in the 9th, go find some Friedrich Schiller. The words are a poem of his. Good link here, with the variations between Schiller's original and Beethoven's adaptation.
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 5:19 PM on May 19, 2006
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 5:19 PM on May 19, 2006
There is a museum in Bonn, Germany in the house where Beethoven was born, with a big collection of the works of Beethoven, sketches of him, etc. They recently started providing access to the collection on the internet via their Digital Archive. You might find interesting material there, higher resolution images can be ordered on CD-ROM.
posted by ltl at 5:54 AM on May 20, 2006
posted by ltl at 5:54 AM on May 20, 2006
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posted by kdern at 8:25 AM on May 19, 2006