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• Archive: Topic Areas:KeynoteCategory:Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012Faculty:Robert Greenberg, PhDDuration:1:58:07Format:Audio OnlyOriginal Program Date :Dec 06, 2012 Description Description: Louis (Ludwig) van Beethoven (1770-1827) was product of a violently dysfunctional upbringing.
• In the fall of 1802, at just the time his name and fame were beginning to spread across Europe, he suffered a suicidal depression.
• Through equal parts self-delusion and sheer will, Beethoven managed to reinvent himself personally and artistically as a hero battling fate itself.
• Thus armed, he emerged from his funk in early 1803, and proceeded to create a body of work unlike anything anyone had ever before imagined.
• Central to Beethoven’s new compositional vision was his conviction that his music be a vehicle for profound self-expression: his therapist’s couch.