When the music of Beethoven mingled with the music of Gandhi's spinning wheel
When the music of Beethoven mingled with the music of Gandhi’s spinning wheel In the year of Beethoven’s 250th birth anniversary, remembering how two Europeans brought together Gandhi and the German composer. Wikimedia Commons This year marks the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), one of the greatest exponents of western classical music. It also marks the conclusion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. However, beyond this insignificant calendrical coincidence, was there any connection between the two? How could there have been? Gandhi, after al...
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