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While "Melody of Tears" is often attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven in popular online videos, it was actually composed by the contemporary pianist .
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The hauntingly beautiful piano piece known as "Melody of Tears" has become a modern digital phenomenon. Though frequently mislabeled as a lost work of , this evocative composition is the work of modern Italian-American composer Giovanni Marradi . While "Melody of Tears" is often attributed to
The piece shares a spiritual kinship with Beethoven's actual "emotional" works, such as the Moonlight Sonata . Its minor-key longing and delicate phrasing echo the Romanticism Beethoven helped father. Listeners often associate its "tears" with Beethoven’s own tragic life—his progressive deafness and the "pity" expressed in his final recorded words . The piece shares a spiritual kinship with Beethoven's
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