The face of Beethoven appears in a German field

The face of Beethoven appears in a German field

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norman lebrecht

July 22, 2020

Crop circles? Visitors from outer space? Divine intervention?

The unmistakable visage of Ludwig Van Beethoven has appeared in a field in the village of Utting am Ammersee. Here’s how:

The video is from Russian state TV.  Local report here

Comments

  • mary says:

    It is the hand of God!

    (Though God seems like a rather mediocre artist.)

  • Edgar Self says:

    Mediocre artist? Prrhaps. But an exact poet, Robinson Jeffers calls him. And possibly constrained by limitations of social distancing and audience size.

  • Liam Allan-Dalgleish says:

    I hope it’s the Pastoral.

  • Edgar Self says:

    If you till it, will they still come? A glorious moment to rage over a lost stubble-field. Uffing am Ammersee is a bit chuffy.

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