In the end Caroline Unger walked over and turned the deaf Beethoven around to accept the audiences cheers and applause. According to one witness, the public received the musical hero with the utmost respect and sympathy, listened to his wonderful, gigantic creations with the most absorbed attention and broke out in jubilant applause, often during sections, and repeatedly at the end of them. The whole audience acclaimed him through standing ovations five times; there were handkerchiefs in the air, hats, raised hands, so that Beethoven, who could not hear the applause, could at least see the ovation gestures.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:48:32 +0000
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