DYK that the metronome was invented during the life of Ludwig van Beethoven? Prior to the metronome music would be performed at the tempo the conductor preferred. When Beethoven got his hands on one and remarked all his works with the time he intended it to be performed at. People were playing his 5th Symphony far too slowly, but the public rejected it when it was performed at the intended tempo.
DYK that the metronome was invented during the life of Ludwig van Beethoven? Prior to the metronome music would be performed at the tempo the conductor preferred. When Beethoven got his hands on one and remarked all his works with the time he intended it to be performed at. People were playing his 5th Symphony far too slowly, but the public rejected it when it was performed at the intended tempo.
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