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ISWC
T9175031580
ISRC
GB-FFM-15-97927
GVL Label Code
27831
Release Year
2015
Key
D
Metre
4/4
Tempo
120BPM
Tempo notes
Medium
Factoid
Beethoven was 54 when this was first performed in 1824 and by that time entirely deaf. At the end of the first performance Beethoven couldn't hear the rapturous applause behind him and thought the work had been a flop. He was turned to face the audience by the Contralto Caroline Unger, so he could witness the cheers and a prolonged standing ovation. He died three years' later.