Ludwig Van Beethoven's African Origins Revealed By His Music

Paris, France, June 4, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Providing fresh insights into the African origins of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, a collective of musicologists and musicians, experts in 18th century European and African music, launch Beethoven Was African, a project which features a website supporting original academia and music: www.beethovenwasafrican.com 

​The Beethoven Was African project is supported by an album which faithfully renders Ludwig Van Beethoven’s music as it should have been played.
By re-focusing the longstanding debate surrounding Ludwig Van Beethoven’s origins on the core question - his music - the collective hopes to provide a different lens, perhaps the original one, with which to appreciate his legacy.
​The apparent polyrhythms, originally crafted by Ludwig Van Beethoven into the scores, have been left unplayed and unheard since his demise.
Until now.

​An upcoming phase of the Beethoven Was African project, available upon subscription, will detail the scholarly approach.
With the illusion created by the master himself, the fundamental question of his identity - personal and musical - persists. This shift in perception and acceptance of his origins could radically change the way we hear and transmit the cultural heritage of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN.

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