Originally posted by PDG:
He also once referred to some fellow's shirt collar as being "as black as D flat". I would describe the Spring Sonata as serene - the first movement esp. makes nonsense of the theory that Beethoven was not a great melodist; Schubert would have been proud to have written it!
I have read, more than once, that LvB's favourite key was E flat, the bold new key of the 19th century.
He also once referred to some fellow's shirt collar as being "as black as D flat". I would describe the Spring Sonata as serene - the first movement esp. makes nonsense of the theory that Beethoven was not a great melodist; Schubert would have been proud to have written it!
I have read, more than once, that LvB's favourite key was E flat, the bold new key of the 19th century.
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