MPR: Comparing Notes: No victory for di-di-dit-dah

MPR: Comparing Notes: No victory for di-di-dit-dah:

"No victory for di-di-dit-dah
Posted at 9:07 AM on December 28, 2006 by John Zech (0 Comments)

The opening notes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony have been described as 'Fate knocking at the door.' It just so happens that the pattern of 3 short notes followed by one long corresponds to the Morse code for the letter 'V.' During WWII Winston Churchill was famous for giving the two-fingered salute of 'V is for Victory,' and in June of 1941, the BBC began using the opening of Beethoven's 5th as a theme for radio shows beamed across Europe to boost morale during the Second World War. "