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«An expression of feelings rather than painting», I was struck by it... we all know it is by Beethoven. Is it a current expression or merely the product of a historical juncture...?
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danielescarpetti
Hello everyone. Even though I am not an expert on Beethoven recordings strictu sensu, in my wandering through Ludwig's discography, especially in search of oddities, peculiarities, paraphras...
Don't you find Beethoven's personality to be unclassifiable? - In short, through an iron will, he overcame the trials of a life marked by the drama of deafness - his music celebrates the tri...
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OrlandiArmando
As per the subject: what is meant by "romantic mythologies" regarding Beethoven? ... perhaps there was a "Beethovenian intention" to overturn the conventions of classical harmony?
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LucaCavaliere
Dear Beethovenians and others, I have published on the site a very rarely heard work, the string quartet in B minor known as the "Pencarrow Quartet" composed by Our [Master] in Vienna on Nov...
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OrlandiArmando
Base article from 2009 as a draft of the article published in English in the "Neue Beethoven Studien" volume nine (2011). In the NBS, the part dedicated to A. W. Thayer as well as the biblio...
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Thesimon
«the composer should restrain his inspiration and follow nature» I read that it was one of the typical pieces of advice given to Beethoven by some admirers of Haydn and Mozart... ... how tru...
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danielescarpetti
Strange, I would have said something like Monteverdi, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Messiaen … I am writing your answer in the envelope I stick to the idea that it doesn't necessarily mean they a...
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danielescarpetti
I have always had doubts about whether Beethoven ever met Rossini in his life; instead, it seems there was a fleeting encounter in 1822. Rossini himself, in the visit received from Wagner in...
Dear friends, Returning from Cantù, and eager to talk about nothing but music, here is the report of the concert held on Saturday, February 24th at the Teatro San Teodoro. The honor was twof...
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OrlandiArmando
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Sorry Daniele, one thing I didn't understand in your clarification of Hans Von Bülow's metaphor (what he thought doesn't interest me much) but . . . you? do you feel that Bach, with his musi...
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danielescarpetti
I had never noticed this section of the forum, no harm done. The question is simple, why did Beethoven write a will?
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OrlandiArmando
Article appeared in the A.B.F. magazine on 12-12-2006. CONCERNING THE TRANSCIPTIONS PRESENT IN THE CATALOGUE OF BEETHOVEN'S WORKS PART ONE – LIST OF WORKS Beethoven did not love transcribing...
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OrlandiArmando
Dear forum users, Trapped at home under a blanket of thick snow, here is a service announcement: On February 23rd at 9 PM, at the Teatro San Teodoro in Cantù - Como, a concert of unpublished...
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OrlandiArmando
I was leafing through Hector Berlioz's book, Evenings of Orchestra. You can find something online on Google Books http://books.google.......tà"&f=false I was undecided whether to get it for...
What do you think about the fact that Beethoven's works often suffer from these somewhat march-like rhythms? Let's say... military? A me, where it has been very evident for a while, gets on...
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danielescarpetti
Dear friends, here is the first (not in chronological order) of the articles I wrote for the A.B.F. magazine (Association Beethoven France). In particular, this one appeared in volume 10, se...
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Thesimon
I am reporting these Schiff lessons They seem very interesting to me
How is it possible to classify Beethoven's sonatas? Or rather, to date, do methodologies exist to group multiple works together? If so, based on which parameters? Excuse the somewhat strange...
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Did Beethoven ever use the harp in his compositions? I haven't found anything and it seemed strange to me, which is why I am asking you... who have great experience and knowledge of the repe...
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Casella writes: "It has not infrequently been observed that among Beethoven's technical-pianistic means, there was not always the immensity of his thought, that wonderful and perfect balance...
Beethoven died in 1827. People always talk about him on the anniversary of his birth (a date that is uncertain, by the way), but unlike Mozart, no one remembers when he died. A "Peanuts" eff...
It seems like it just came out, I missed it András Schiff. Beethoven's Piano Sonatas and their meaning http://www.galleried...o-significato-0 I am reporting it in the hope that someone alrea...
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OrlandiArmando
Given his temperament, did Beethoven adapt to being in the service of nobles? So that maybe it's an influential curiosity, but how did the world of commissions work for someone like him?
