'Oh friends, not these tones! Rather let us sing more cheerful and more joyful ones'
Is Beethoven refering only to the music so far heard in this same 9th symphony ? And/or something else ?
'Oh friends not THESE tones. RATHER let us sing MORE CHEERFUL AND MORE JOYFUL ONES'.
Is Beethoven really talking here about musical tonality ? A tonality that can be changed to sing more cheerfully and more joyfully ? What does he actually mean by 'these tones' ? Is he talking perhaps of radical new music using a very different tonality ?
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