If you're interested and have the time, you
can peruse my idealistic childhood (mis)interpretation
of Beethoven which I read at age 16 minus 12 days
as salutatorian from high school. The neatly scripted
prompts were added by the teacher who taught "public speaking".
You can obtain access to the text on my website
http://home.earthlink.net/~ernstmeyer
by clicking on "10. Im Speicher - from the attic",
then clicking in the column on the left "Beethoven (1946)"

It took me 65 years to disabuse myself of my idealism,
and even now, I recognize traces not (yet) expunged.

No apologies required if you don't have the time or humor
for my childhood fantasies.