Closer to Eternity: Stretching Beethoven's 9th
Norweigan Artist Creates 24-Hour Version of Famous Work
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Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by J.K. Stieler, 1819-20.
Leif Inge, an artist based in Oslo, Norway, has a new take on Ludwig van Beethoven's venerable Symphony no. 9. With the help of some remixing and some special audio software, Inge took the hour-long symphony and stretched it to last an entire 24 hours.
Listen to the result online -- for those with short attention spans, the long version has been sliced into 19 segments.
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