Why All the Fuss About Beethoven? 

What makes Beethoven special? Start by changing the question a bit: What makes Beethoven’s anger special?
At a time when composers were expected to amuse and entertain their audiences, Beethoven got it into his head that his music was not for anyone’s piddling pleasure but his own: that first and foremost, the creation of music was an act of profound self-expression.
So this made him the first composer to do what? Tune in and find out!