Beethoven Walks

VIDEO: Introducing Beethoven Walks

It is indeed, as if every tree in the countryside spoke to me, saying “Holy! Holy!” In the forest enchantment! Who can express it all?

(from Beethoven’s sketchbook marginal notations of 1815 or 1816)

Beethoven Walks is a project begun during our collective isolation, serving a universal need to better understand our humanity through music and the beauty of our world.

These walks incorporate reproductions of Beethoven’s sketches, or leaves from his autograph manuscripts, connecting those walking the path with Beethoven’s music, his creative process,  and the inspiration he drew from nature.

These walks open in honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and are dedicated to the world his music shows us is possible.

Read testimonials from those who have walked the Beethoven Walks trails

Beethoven Walks was imagined and created by Seth Knopp, and produced by Catherine Stephan.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE APP

To experience a Beethoven Walks trail, you must download the app for your trail onto your phone or other device.

Links
Greenwood Trail for iPhones

Greenwood Trail for Android Phones

Installation instructions

If you require assistance, or if you do not have an iPhone or Android phone, please contact us! Send an email to beethovenwalks@yellowbarn.org or call (802) 387-6637.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BEETHOVEN WALKS APP?

  • The music! The playlist for your trail
  • Directions to the trailhead
  • Guidelines for walking the trail

WHERE ARE THE BEETHOVEN WALKS NOW?

Beethoven Walks at Greenwood Trail—Putney VT (BW-Greenwood)
It is our pleasure to gift this walk to the Greenwood School, where it will remain open indefinitely.

Previous Beethoven Walks Installations

Summer 2020: Beethoven Walks at Hannam Trail—Putney VT

Spring 2023: Beethoven Walks at the Nasher Sculpture Center—Dallas, TX
 
 

RESOURCES

Images for the Beethoven Walks trail come from the following places. We invite you to peruse their libraries.

Beethoven-Haus Bonn

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Acknowledgments

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John Kramer Design
Howard Printing

Autograph Sketches and Manuscripts

Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Biblopthèque nationale de France

Beethoven Walks at the Greenwood School

Trail Advisor and Benches: Michael Kohout

Music Posts: Michael Kohout and Natasha Diamonstone-Kohout

Installation:
Mary Frasier
Sulliman Frasier
Olivier Knopp
Natasha Diamondstone-Kohout
Jordan Renouf
Ari Slomovic
Avi Tepfer

App Developer: Ari Slomovic