“Mona Lisa“ (c.1504)
Leonardo da Vinci
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not liking Beethoven is not an option, it’s
like saying you don’t like Shakespeare,
or the “Mona Lisa“, or Paris, there’s too
much there to not not like, you either
don’t know them, haven’t even a clue,
or you’ve a very good reason for your
disfavour, which you are expected then,
and with great authority, to explicate
which is to say, however, that not liking
Beethoven, but for valid reasons, is a
sign of a sharpened, rather, intellect,
something that no one, I suspect,
would want to eschew – Gesundheit
in his Late Quartets, Beethoven can be
demanding, and not especially convincing
sometimes in his musical argument, let me
stress the word “argument” here, a notably
Beethovenian consideration, the last
movement of his 13th String Quartet, for
instance, his famous “Große Fuge“*, has
him verily in a rage
for me, the same objections apply to the
13th as those I accused him of in his 12th
String Quartet, a display of uncoordinated
pieces, like food stands at public markets,
apples, however delicious, oranges,
however juicy, pomegranates, however
exotic, varieties of fish, meat, cheeses,
tempting desserts, but where I come out
with just the basil that I wanted in the first
place for being overwhelmed, wondering,
wow, all that Sturm und Drang, but what
just happened
what do you think
listen
R ! chard
* do not not click, this is totally
transcendental, you’ll verily
learn how to read music
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