On the eve of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth (observed), celebrate Ludwig Van with Peanuts:

Schroeder plays the “Pathétique” Sonata:

Schroeder plays the “Moonlight” Sonata:

Lucy resents Schroeder’s white privilege:

Direct all mail to 1770 James Street (Schroeder’s address – 1770 is the year of Beethoven’s birth). Charles Schulz made Schroeder a musician when he decided to work his daughter’s toy piano into the strip. The first piece he ever had Schroeder play was not by Beethoven, but rather Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G minor. Schulz himself preferred Brahms, but he said he thought “Beethoven” sounded funnier.

BONUS! “Schroeder’s Beethoven Fantasy,” the first movement of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s “Peanuts Gallery”: