contrapuntal techniques, was telling the world: what I could do if you were ready for it!’” “Mozart ‘Look 40 On String Quartet in F Minor, op. 95: Quartett is written for a small circle of connoisseurs and is “The never to be performed in public.” p. 193,41. On the difficulty of his later works is difficult is also “what beautiful, good, great and so forth…. [T]his is the most lavish praise that can be bestowed, since what is difficult makes on sweat.” 42 On directedness: Relayed by Dr. Karl von Bursy from 1816, B said: the artist and the independent scholar carry their “Only happiness within them.” On gaining immortality by writing for future generations: From a letter to a painter: to paint and I shall continue to write down notes, and thus we shall “Continue live for ever? yes, perhaps, for ever.” 43 – – On art and nature: To Prince Gallitzin, is founded on Art and, again, Art is founded on Nature.” 53 but, Solomon “Nature writes that B did not see art imitation, and artist as a percipient agent reflecting the external world.” “as On the meaning of his life: living, and sacrificing, for the sake of developing his art: From the Heiligenstadt testament (available on the internet): Written 1802 and found after B’s death, the entire, short testament ought to be read, but here are two excerpts: Answering the charge that he was misanthropic, and describing the effects of his accelerating deafness during the previous 6 years: what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a “But flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard a shepherd singing and again I heard nothing. Such incidents drove me almost to despair; a little more of that and I would have ended me life -- it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had
contrapuntal techniques, “Mozart was telling the world: ‘Look what I could do if you were ready for it!’” 40 On String Quartet in F Minor, op. 95: “The Quartett is written for a small circle of connoisseurs and is never to be performed in public.” p. 193,41. On the difficulty of his later works “what is difficult is also beautiful, good, great and so forth…. [T]his is the most lavish praise that can be bestowed, since what is difficult makes on sweat.” 42 On directedness: Relayed by Dr. Karl von Bursy from 1816, B said: “Only the artist and the independent scholar carry their happiness within them.” On gaining immortality by writing for future generations: From a letter to a painter: “Continue to paint and I shall continue to write down notes, and thus we shall live – for ever? – yes, perhaps, for ever.” 43 On art and nature: To Prince Gallitzin, “Nature is founded on Art and, again, Art is founded on Nature.” 53 but, Solomon writes that B did not see art “as imitation, and artist as a percipient agent reflecting the external world.” On the meaning of his life: living, and sacrificing, for the sake of developing his art: From the Heiligenstadt testament (available on the internet): Written 1802 and found after B’s death, the entire, short testament ought to be read, but here are two excerpts: Answering the charge that he was misanthropic, and describing the effects of his accelerating deafness during the previous 6 years: “But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard a shepherd singing and again I heard nothing. Such incidents drove me almost to despair; a little more of that and I would have ended me life -- it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had
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