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Beethoven's Letters (1790-1826) - From the Collection of Dr Ludwig Nohl (Paperback)
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Beethoven's Letters (1790-1826) - From the Collection of Dr Ludwig Nohl (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music, Volume 1
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Excerpt: ...I afterwards took him sharply to task for this; I gave
him no quarter, and upbraided him with all his sins, especially
towards you, my dear friend, as we had just been speaking of you.
Heavens if I could have lived with you as he did, believe me I
should have produced far greater things. A musician is also a poet,
he too can feel himself transported into a brighter world by a pair
of fine eyes, where loftier spirits sport with him and impose heavy
tasks on him. What thoughts rushed into my mind when I first saw
you in the Observatory during a refreshing May shower, so
fertilizing to me also 2 The most beautiful themes stole from your
eyes into my heart, which shall yet enchant the world when
Beethoven no longer directs. If God vouchsafes to grant me a few
more years of life, I must then see you once more, my dear, most
dear friend, for the voice within, to which I always listen,
demands this. Spirits may love one another, and I shall ever woo
yours. Your approval is dearer to me than all else in the world. I
told Goethe my sentiments as to the influence praise has over men
like us, and that we desire our equals to listen to us with their
understanding. Emotion suits women only; (forgive me ) music ought
to strike fire from the soul of a man. Ah my dear girl, how long
have our feelings been identical on all points The sole real good
is some bright kindly spirit to sympathize with us, whom we
thoroughly comprehend, and from whom we need not hide our thoughts.
He who wishes to appear something, must in reality be something.
The world must acknowledge us, it is not always unjust; but for
this I care not, having a higher purpose in view. I hope to get a
letter from you in Vienna; write to me soon and fully, for a week
hence I shall be there. The Court leaves this to-morrow, and to-day
they have another performance. The Empress has studied her part
thoroughly. The Emperor and the Duke wished me to play some of my
own music, but I refused, for they...
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