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    “Evening Prayer“ (1888) 

          Anna Ancher

              _______

from the very first few notes of Beethoven’s

Piano Sonata no 31 in A-flat major, Opus 110, 

we understand we’ve entered an entirely other 

reality, the melody is unorthodox, not a lyric, 

but, talking against the grain, the beat, 

become a sentence, we are witness to 

Beethoven addressing the infinite, 

Beethoven at prayer, see above

the notes are clear, concise, naked, 

happening, again, against the beat, 

profoundly intimate, arhythmic, 

unadorned, unadulterated, they are,

consequently, prophetic, not only 

entertaining, but a moral code, a 

metaphysical example of our role 

in the shared fate of our nebulous 

universe 

Beethoven says we must believe 

in our own beauty, our worth, it is 

our only salvation

it is a mighty revelation

listen

R ! chard