In honor of Beethoven's 240-something birthday, Keith Weber, Grammy-nominated Producer, Director of Music and Organist at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston, and Artistic Director of Grace Song, Inc., talks about just who this "Beethoven" guy was, why he was officially excused from having manners at parties, and all about his "Missa Solemnis" mass.

Audio production by Todd "Todd Rundgren" Hulslander without a lick of help from Dacia Clay.

Music used in this episode:

– Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123

For more information about Grace Song, Inc., go to www.gracesong.us.