In a lecture series by Seattle Symphony I learned that in his day Beethoven’s music was considered “inappropriate” for well-bred young ladies as it might “incite indelicate passions”. Glad they’re not around these days, they might actually stroke out…
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Cannot be Ludwig’s Fifth, can it?
Yngvar Følling over 8 years ago
I notice that he doesn’t look like a toddler any more.
bigcatbusiness over 8 years ago
With a jump like that, he could be doing rock and roll.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 8 years ago
Looks to me like John Cage performing “Variations on a Theme by Yoko Ono”. Or, well yeah, Jerry Lee Lewis as someone said.
LHPuttgrass over 8 years ago
The Fifth is a symphony. Schroeder is more likely playing a sonata, perhaps the Pathetique.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Schroeder should do that when Lucy is bothering him.
Vince M over 8 years ago
Pianists do a lot of acrobatics playing Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody, or at least they do in the cartoons.
The Old Wolf over 8 years ago
This is the beginning of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 29, Op. 106, the “Hammerklavier.”
Courage the Cowardly Dog! over 8 years ago
dha dha dha dhaaaan! dha dha dha dhaaaan!
jrankin1959 over 8 years ago
And a 9.5 on the vault!
woodway77 over 8 years ago
In a lecture series by Seattle Symphony I learned that in his day Beethoven’s music was considered “inappropriate” for well-bred young ladies as it might “incite indelicate passions”. Glad they’re not around these days, they might actually stroke out…
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
I have no idea what he’s playing! I can’t hear a thing from this comic…
Max Starman Jones over 8 years ago
I’m thinking John Goodman as King Ralph.
Durandal_1707 over 8 years ago
Is this a repeat? I feel like I’ve seen this one before.
Also, I know it’s not the first time the Hammerklavier’s shown up. Schulz must have really liked that one.