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Explore the life of Beethoven, his perseverance in composing despite deafness, and the significance of poppies in remembrance of war. Learn about the Remembrance Assembly and the history behind the poppy symbol in conflicts worldwide. Discover the emotional impact of wars through poignant poetry and the tradition of the Two Minute Silence. 8 Relevant
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Composer of the Month Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Beethoven wrote many pieces of music, including 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 32 piano sonatas and 16 string quartets. At the age of 26 he started to go deaf, although he could still hear music and voices until he was about 40. By the age of 44 he was almost completely deaf, but he still managed to keep composing! He would hold a stick between his teeth and press the other end to the piano, allowing him to feel the different vibrations made by the different notes. When his 9th Symphony (the choral) was first played he was so deaf that he didn’t even know that it had finished until one of the singers turned him around so he could see the audience cheering and clapping! "Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets." Welcome to our Remembrance Assembly
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World War I Russian Civil War Finnish Civil War Cristero War Spanish Civil War Irish Civil War World War 2China Civil War Greek Civil War Costa Rican War 1948 War of Independence (Israel) Sinai War Kasmir War Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 Vietnam Civil War Cambodian Civil War Guatamalan Civil War Six Day War War of Attritian Yom Kippur War Nigerian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Algerian Civil War First Sudanese Civil War First Lebanon War East Timor Russia-Afghanistan War Salvador Civil War Ethiopian Civil War Falkands War Iran-Iraq War US-Iraq Kuwait Liberation War Sierra Leone Civil War Serbian War Rwandan Civil War Kargil War Second Sudanese Civil War Remembering all soldiers who died
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields. John McCrae, May 1915