To: starczar66
2 posted on
06/05/2010 8:03:37 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: starczar66
What a fantastic article.
3 posted on
06/05/2010 8:13:10 PM PDT by
SoCalPol
(Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
To: Borges; sitetest
4 posted on
06/05/2010 8:16:27 PM PDT by
EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
To: starczar66
"His piano sonatas were embraced by the next generations of musicians with a nearly sacred sense of adoration. One story is illustrative: On an evening in 1886, a small group of musical friends gathered in the salon of writer Ernest Legouvé. Franz Liszt seated himself at the piano when the room, which had been lit by a single candle, was suddenly plunged into darkness. "Whether by chance or by some unconscious influence," remembered Legouvé, Liszt "began the funereal and heart-rending adagio of [Beethoven's] Sonata in C# minor [the 'Moonlight']. The rest of us remained rooted to the spot where we happened to be, no one attempting to move. . . . I had dropped into an armchair, and above my head heard stifled sobs and moans. It was Berlioz." What more need be said?"
Wow.
To: starczar66
Thank you for posting this article. It willfully adds yet another layer of enjoyment for Beethoven’s music. Bravo!
To: starczar66
What more need be said?...Rachmaninov....
To: starczar66
I really enjoyed that. Thanks.
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10 posted on
06/05/2010 10:11:45 PM PDT by
Borges
To: starczar66
I LOVE Beethoven’s Piano Music. Even the Little Bagatelles and Sonatinas have the most marvelous chord voicings and changes! They are wonderful, and have never been “improved upon”.
13 posted on
06/06/2010 6:47:06 AM PDT by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: starczar66
He was in many ways a monster . . . !
He was called "the Unlicked Bear" . . . !
17 posted on
06/06/2010 8:24:42 AM PDT by
Zionist Conspirator
(Vatiftach ha'aretz 'et-piyha vativla` 'otam ve'et-bateyhem; ve'et kol-ha'adam 'asher leQorach . . .)
To: starczar66
Excellent article. Thanks for posting it.
EggsAckley, Master of Arts, Beethoven’s Five ‘Cello Sonatas,
San Jose State University
18 posted on
06/06/2010 10:00:06 AM PDT by
EggsAckley
( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
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