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The results are in!  As always, thanks much to all of you who participated in this week’s “Drop the Needle” competition.  This week just three,  participants got everything correct, including the name of the the piece which was the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Opus 135, the String Quartet No. 16 in F Major.

Here’s the whole thing for you to enjoy:

(If you don’t have a copy of this great work, you can pick one up here at )

The winners are:

• @EricMahlzeit
• Elaine Fine

Congratulations and thanks again to everyone who participated.  If you have ideas for pieces you think would be particularly difficult for people to guess, please let me know.

W.A. Mozart died at the young age of 35.  On Mondays at KillingClassicalMusic.com we will explore youth in music.  Whether how to bring in more young audiences or celebrating the world’s prodigies, Mondays are for the music world’s young people.

If it’s worth celebrating and supporting young people in music, then it’s worth the few minutes it takes to watch this video.  It’s really a blast to watch.  Enjoy:

And don’t you just love that his parents provided him with a podium!

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The results are in!  First of all, thank you so much to all of you who participated in this week’s “Drop the Needle” competition.  The response was great again.  This week, just one participant - and the very last entry - got everything correct, including the name of the the piece which was Symphony No. 4, Movement 2, Op. 60 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Here’s the whole thing for you to enjoy:

( If you don’t have a copy of this piece, you can grab one at )

The winner is:

• @EricMahlzeit

He’s on Twitter, so go follow him there and check out his blog here.

Congratulations and thanks again to everyone who participated.  If you have ideas for pieces you think would be particularly difficult for people to guess, please let me know.

Over at ClassicalConvert, the classical music nerds have met the programming nerds.  Ben, the author over there, has composed (coded?) what appears to be the first movement of a Symphony in C++.  It’s a kick for those familiar with sonata form.  And for those particularly familiar with Beethoven, this money quote really stands out:

  //Finish up
if(composer == "beethoven"){
        coda.length_in_min=10
}else{
        coda.length_in_min=1
}
    coda.play();
}

Check it out.  This is just the kind of thing I want to share on our Scientific Saturdays here at KillingClassicalMusic.  We’ll all be looking forward to the rest of the symphony…