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Life lessons from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Benjamin Zander · TED

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About

Legendary conductor Benjamin Zander explains his view on the difference between "positive thinking" and "possibility" (one's a fraud; the other's the real thing, he says) and intersperses delightful stories from a lifetime in music with a sing-along to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2023
Speaker
Benjamin Zander
Year
2023
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Music
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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