'Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph' by Jan Swafford (Mariner Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound.He would overcome thoughts of suicide to compose his masterwork: the Ninth Symphony and its optimistic final movement, 'Ode to Joy.' Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with biographer Jan Swafford and conductor Marin Alsop about Beethoven's incredible triumph over terrible mental and physical suffering and with a hearing specialist who has created a simulation of how Beethoven actually heard his music. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a composer of extraordinary gifts, but a lifetime of maladies – including the almost-total loss of his hearing – threatened his ability to write music.

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'Cyrano' cast and creative team, Goodspeed Musicals, East Haddam, Conn.Ī LOOK BACK: 2021's most popular movies, music and books | Watch VideoĪ portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven as he composed the 'Missa Solemnis' (1820), by Joseph Karl Stieler.įine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images.

'Cyrano' opens in select theaters January 21.

Correspondent Seth Doane was given rare access to the cathedral's interior as it undergoes repairs, and talks with the former military general in charge of completing the effort by 2024.ĬYRANO | Official Trailer | MGM Studios by It's at the heart of Paris, in every sense of the word, and so when Notre Dame Cathedral was engulfed by fire in April 2019, it became the nation's mission to restore the medieval church to its full glory. POSTCARD FROM PARIS: Reconstructing Notre Dame Cathedral | Watch Video Jean-Louis Georgelin, who is overseeing the reconstruction of Notre Dame, with correspondent Seth Doane on the roof of the 12th century cathedral, which was damaged by fire in 2019. 'Sunday Morning' host Jane Pauley looks back on key events of a dramatic year.

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'Take Me Home, Country Roads,' a song about a longing for home (co-written by a songwriter who had never even been in West Virginia), has been embraced by the Mountain State in a big way, and has since been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own 'place I belong.' Correspondent Conor Knighton looks into the genesis and global impact of John Denver's first big hit and with country star Brad Paisley about the special pull the song has for him. COVER STORY: The universal nostalgia for 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' | Watch Video

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