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Beethoven: Creator of the rock riff

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December 13, 2020

Berlin Philharmonic horn player Sarah Willis meets rock musicians Ian Anderson and Rudolf Schenker. Would the iconic riffs in their music have been possible without Beethoven’s music? Was his Symphony No. 5 the predecessor of 'Smoke on the Water’?

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