Beethoven’s hometown prepares

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[Music]

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the year 2020 is the 250th anniversary

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of beethoven's birth

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and germany is ready to celebrate

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but nowhere more so than his hometown of

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bonn

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this great big story was made possible

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by the german national tourist board

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beethoven lived more than 22 years in

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bonn and there are many places here that

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are associated with beethoven

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my name is marty burkha i'm the director

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of the beethoven house we're in front of

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the beethoven house beethoven's

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birthplace in 1770

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and it's considered one of the best

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visited music museums in the world

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i'm standing in front of the beethoven

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monument and it's the first monument

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dedicated to beethoven ever and we are

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very proud to have a tien bon

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this is one of 22 installations and this

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is our form of presenting the beethoven

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city bond to the world

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i think he'd be pretty

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happy to see that his music is still

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relevant is still performed

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and