Beethoven showed up 238 years ago today. No one else, no one else ...
My violin teacher used to tell me, "You paid for the whole bow; use all of it." Those violinists aren't wasting any bow money.
NB: earlier title said "Beethoven's 7th, on his 238th". I do know the difference! ... but had begun to post the 7th and changed my mind but not my title.
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