This May 7th marks the 193rd anniversary of the first public performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Vienna, Austria. Forty years after Beethoven’s death, this landmark symphony will assist in ushering Japan into an age of enlightenment and eventually produce the 74-minute CD. But how did a Beethoven score even get to Japan? Well, that answer comes by asking the question, ‘How did a Beethoven score get to America?' With help from Michael Broyles extraordinary book, Beethoven In America, our sometimes adroit host dives headlong into finding out the answer before he gets sidetracked about the time a doctor asked him to check his own stool for a guitar pick.