The Greatest Concert of All Time

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On December 22, 1808, concertgoers in Vienna, Austria, witnessed a significant event in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven held a concert where he debuted several of his greatest works in one program. While the concert has gone down as one of the most important in history, the conditions during the concert and actual performance was….. sub-par. Learn more about the concert of December 22, 1808, aka the Greatest Concert of All Time, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unknown, a podcast from Discovery, chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe. With direct audio from the hit TV show, you’ll hear Gates explore stories like the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in the South Pacific and the location of Captain Morgan's treasure in Panama. These authentic, roughshod journeys help Gates separate fact from fiction and learn the truth behind these compelling stories. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On December 22, 1808, concert goers in Vienna, Austria were witness to a monumental event in music history.
0:07.0	Ludwig von Beethoven held a concert where he debuted several of his greatest works in one program.
0:13.2	While the concert has gone down as one of the most important in history, the conditions during
0:17.1	the concert and actual performance was subpar.
0:20.8	Learn more about the concert of December 22, 1808, aka the Greatest Concert of All Time,
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1:18.0	215 years ago, the business of music was very different than it is today. Today, if you go to a concert, you're going to hear a band or performer play music that you're already familiar with.
1:25.0	Music is first released as a recording, people listen to it, and then go to see the artist's performance live.
1:31.0	However, before there were recordings, you probably hadn't heard any individual work created by a composer.
1:37.0	There was only live music, and there weren't a lot of live performances.
1:41.0	In the world of classical music, it still mostly works that way an orchestra will
1:45.5	often commission a work and perform its world premiere. So if you attended an
1:49.9	orchestral performance which very few people back then did, no one was really
1:54.4	sure what they were going to hear. Whatever it was, it was something they had
1:57.7	probably never heard before because the only time you would have heard something
2:01.2	was at another concert. So when I'm talking
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