The Problem with Beethoven’s 5th Symphony...

Did you know that Beethoven’s 5th symphony is played often in exactly the same tempo? A handful go faster, a handful go slower. But imagine you would time travel to Vienna 1808, listening to the premiere of the C minor symphony with Beethoven as a conductor. What story would you bring back? -- Beethoven V in WBMP on fortepiano, now on CD! -- Related episode: -- Video excerpt from “How I Met the Opera“: -- 🙋We need YOU to continue on (full) speed! THANK YOU for even considering becoming a patreon!▶ -- Our solution to the metronome problem is called the WBMP (Whole Beat Metronome Principle). Many other 19th century metronome marks is to read them in -what we believe - was the old way: in Whole Beat. In this reading, like the pendulum is still used today by physicians, the met