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Symphony #7 - Movement 2
Susan Hammond & The Classical Kids
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Monday, March 26, 1827
The north wind blows and snow billows through the air
Thunder claps above the empty streets
It is a day that will go down in history
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A fine gentleman stands alone in a doorway
His carriage awaits, but he does not move
He waves the carriage on
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Tonight the gentleman will walk home
Like many in Vienna, his eyes are full of tears
Ludwig van Beethoven has died
Three days later, spring had arrived
The people of Vienna flooded into the streets
They had come to pay their respects to the
Man who has written such beautiful music
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, nine priests blessed the
Composer's coffin, and the funeral procession left Beethoven's house
The pallbearers wore rose bouquets and white silk scarves
They walked with the coffin through the vast crowds
Crowds so dense it took an hour and
A half to go one block to the church
There, in a service lit with candles
The people of Vienna said goodbye
The schools of Vienna were let out that day
If you would look carefully, you might have
Spotted in the crowd a boy with a serious face
His name is Christoph, and he is my nephew
And there was a time when he came to know Mr. Beethoven well
It was not a happy time in Christoph's life
His father had died
He was only ten years old
I was a young man myself, a student of music in Salzburg
Christoph lived in Vienna
He wrote me letters about his troubles
As you will hear, my little nephew had a lot to say
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