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𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻…

𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘃 𝗢𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘁.

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 The influence of 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 on 𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 was not a matter of simple imitation. Shostakovich did not…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘄, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The section 𝗚𝗢𝗗 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words brings us to…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 The section 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words reveals a different but…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 The section 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words brings us to the most tragic…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗢𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 The section 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 from Beethoven, the Man and the…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, education was never merely a question of schooling, examinations, manners, or social…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, criticism was never a polite salon game. He did not judge composers, poets, singers, or performers according to…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, his own works were never simply finished objects, never trophies of success, never monuments before which…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 — 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, performance was never a mere display of dexterity. To play music was not simply to move the fingers…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, composing was never a calm technical exercise. It…