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Beethoven: 1st Indie Artist

July 13th, 2009

I’ve got to credit Gloria K. Fiero in her book, The Humanistic Tradition for this indie gem: “Tempermental and defiant, (Beethoven) scorned the patronage system that had weighed heavily upon both Mozart and Haydn, and sold his compositions as an independent artist.”

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