Beethoven invented jazz
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There is literally no chance that this sonata wasn't THE inspiration for ragtime musicians at least indirectly. I simply don't believe it.
I played jazz for years. This is obviously an inchoate form of jazz written in the early 19th century. It was shocking to hear (and I heard it 10 years ago before I was on 'the right' or saw a silly youtube video about it). I have ears.