Yes, loads of them -- not hard to find examples online -- Beethoven's handwriting often leant to the right (when it wasn't madly chaotic), which can indicate right-handedness, and in portraits he was depicted holding quills in his right hand. But some uncertainty originates from Anton Schindler's account, who wrote a biography of Beethoven and said that Beethoven composed music with his left hand. The problem is that a lot of what Schindler wrote was later called into question (he made up a lot of stuff!), and so he is not considered the most reliable source, but a lot of what he wrote was accurate, too. So... as I said, mixed reports.
You're welcome! A lot of Beethoven's music is not thunderous at all -- for some reason, it seems to be the case that many of his most popular and famous pieces are amongst his more bombastic works, and yet, they really are but a fraction of his oeuvre. Exploring his music is a lot of fun, because it reveals such a tremendous range and variety of moods and sounds and styles -- Beethoven seldom repeated himself (almost never), with each and every piece having quite a distinct sound and character, covering the gamut of musical expression and human emotion!Geoffrey wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 1:33 am ...thank you for the links! a relaxing section of music. quite a contrast to beethoven's thunderous pieces. i have also read about the difference between a violin (small) and a viola (big). apparently they can both be called fiddles, depending on the style of music being played. good to learn something new!
As for fiddles, classical violinists often refer to their instruments as "fiddles", and to themselves and each other as fiddle players, and to the parts written for violin as the fiddle parts -- it's quite charming! Check out this interview with Itzhak Perlman for numerous examples!
https://houston.culturemap.com/news/ent ... the-fiddle
Cheers, all!
