Hope and Beethoven
By Marilyn Delk - DCCA News
As we enter a new year with the hope of better days ahead, consideration of universal truths binding humankind together in spite of strife and turmoil seems in order. Surprisingly, hope is revealed upon closer examination of the life of exalted composer Ludwig van Beethoven, a man whose grumpy visage inhabiting one of the stained glass windows adorning Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall symbolized my view of the genius as a dour man trapped in deafness, deprived of the joy to be felt at the sound of the music he created.