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One of the greatest composers of Western classical music, Beethoven was born to a musical family and was a precociously gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician, he moved to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn. There, he quickly won fame and renown as both a virtuoso and a composer. He went on to become the first major composer to be able to earn a living independently, without support from the church or court. Beethoven’s deafness resulted in what unique historical record? More… Discuss
Ashkenazy plays Beethoven Piano Sonata No.24, Op.78 (A Thérèse), one of the most beautiful compositions ever):
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the worse his ears
the better his compositions
(frizz)
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I guess, the music became more cerebral, and more complex than the language of music itself. Incredible how he could still put on paper his musical thoughts, so complex as they were. Thanks for your thought, Frizztext. It’s good to be home, Isn’t it?
I like piano sonata No.24, so much, I could listen to it 100 times, not as punishment, but as supreme musical reward. I like how Ashkeanzy’s playing it. I think he really understants the musical message.
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beethoven could not hear
anything in his very end,
step by step it was
an horrible increasing torture…
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“There is a crack in
everything,
that’s how the light get’s in”
(Leonard Cohen- Anthem)
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If we could spend the time to meditate on this phrase for no less than a year, no more than…two: how much reacher human experience would be. Medititation of something as simple, but as fundamental as this phrase, could change the way billions of people think and act daily (at least I think it would).
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