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The Beethoven Play By Play

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The Beethoven “Play by Play” In my opinion it was very interesting how it was so easy to change the musical terms into a football commentary, because usually when you learn music notes and what comes with a concert it’s very serious. For example, they used the word “motif” which is “a short succession of notes producing a single impression” and “cadenza” which is a “solo inserted into a concerto” and they used these words in such a nonchalant way which to me made it more unusual and amusing. It was also intriguing how they treated the musicians when they made a mistake, because even though it was staged and it was for entertainment it was funny how they made a big deal out of a little mistake using football and sometimes that’s what

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