Gustav Klimt, detail from his Beethoven Frieze

Gustav Klimt, detail from his Beethoven Frieze

Joseph Karl Stieler, Beethoven (apparently composing the Missa Solemnis)

Joseph Karl Stieler, Beethoven (apparently composing the Missa Solemnis)

(Source: forthefloods)

Beethoven, Symphony #3, 3rd movement (Allegro vivace)

Beethoven, by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)

Beethoven, by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)

Beethoven, Waldstein Sonata, op. 53, 1

Played by Vladimir Horowitz

Because a blog can never have too much Beethoven.