Beethoven’s 7th Symphony Allegretto: Greatest. Music. Ever? | Strings Magazine

Classical Music Reels on Instagram: "At first glance, it sounds like an insult. Leonard Bernstein sits at the piano and calls the theme from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony “one of the most unremarkable melodies ever written”. He even breaks it down to prove his point: it starts with just one note repeated, then a tiny shift that “any child could write”. But this is actually the ultimate compliment. Bernstein is revealing that Beethoven’s true power wasn’t in writing flowery, complex tunes, but in his