Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven
Directed by Richard RichEven as a young boy, Beethoven marched to the beat of a different drummer. Trained in the traditional music methods by his father, Beethoven was an accomplished pianist by the age of 12. But he yearned to try new sounds and persevered until audiences heard his music. By his early twenties, this persistent young man performed for Joseph Haydn, who compared him to the great Mozart. Sadly, Beethoven began to lose his hearing, but he threw himself even more deeply into his music, composing "Fur Elise," "Sonata Pathetique" and the dramatic "Fifth Symphony" years later, audience members heard what he could not and leapt to their feet in ecstatic appreciation for such passionate music. His creativity gave the world then, as it does today, music that stirs the soul. The video begins in 1827 with 30,000 people paying tribute to the great Beethoven in Vienna, Austria. Then the video switches to his life as a child...
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Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven was released on January 1, 2005.
Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven was directed by Richard Rich.
Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven has a runtime of 30m.
Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven was produced by Jared F. Brown, Richard Rich.
Even as a young boy, Beethoven marched to the beat of a different drummer. Trained in the traditional music methods by his father, Beethoven was an accomplished pianist by the age of 12. But he yearned to try new sounds and persevered until audiences heard his music. By his early twenties, this persistent young man performed for Joseph Haydn, who compared him to the great Mozart. Sadly, Beethoven began to lose his hearing, but he threw himself even more deeply into his music, composing "Fur Elise," "Sonata Pathetique" and the dramatic "Fifth Symphony" years later, audience members heard what he could not and leapt to their feet in ecstatic appreciation for such passionate music. His creativity gave the world then, as it does today, music that stirs the soul. The video begins in 1827 with 30,000 people paying tribute to the great Beethoven in Vienna, Austria. Then the video switches to his life as a child...
The key characters in Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven are Ludwig van Beethoven as an old man (voice) (William Dennis Hunt), Ludwig van Beethoven as a young man (voice) (Michael Henwright), Franz Grillprazer (voice) (John C. Hyke).
Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven is rated G.
Animated Hero Classics: Beethoven is an Animation, History, Music film.