Deep Purple - Speed King (Roger Glover Remix)

At the beginning of 1809, Beethoven was 38 years old, Rudolph - 21. You can’t say that the archduke was his sons by age, but psychologically this could be so - especially if you remember that Rudolph lost both parents with a four-year-old baby and was raised by his emperor brother - a man dry and devoid of imagination. Of course, Franz, engaged in public administration, did not always personally monitor the affairs of his younger brother. Rudolph had worthy educators, and he grew up with his brother, Archduke Ludwig, close in age. But he undoubtedly needed an older friend, a mentor, who would understand his passionate love for music and could lead him in this area.