April Fool!
Since tomorrow is April Fool's Day how about naming some of Beethoven's musical jokes?
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'Truth and beauty joined' -
And anyone who says the 9th Symphony dies. -
Rodney:
Why don't you publish "Der Kuss" in the rare page?Comment
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I was planning to put a few more songs up in my next batch.Originally posted by chopithoven:
Rodney:
Why don't you publish "Der Kuss" in the rare page?
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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod CorkinComment
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Well, one of those songs must be Der Kuss. I heard over there that it is an obscene work...Originally posted by Rod:
I was planning to put a few more songs up in my next batch.
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I don't think its obscene at all from my recollection. But if you want it you can have it! Trouble is that B wrote a lot of excellent songs that are never heard.Originally posted by chopithoven:
Well, one of those songs must be Der Kuss. I heard over there that it is an obscene work...
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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod CorkinComment
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Der Kuss ? Obscene ??? That is new ! And you are right ROD : B. is nore the father of the lied than SCHUBERT... He wrote a lot of lieder really interesting to hear and to sing. The real trouble is that there are more difficult to sing than Schubert technically and few singers put them in their repertoires. The other reason is also that Beethoven is so well known for his piano and orchestra musica than people forget a lot of his other music !Originally posted by Rod:
I don't think its obscene at all from my recollection. But if you want it you can have it! Trouble is that B wrote a lot of excellent songs that are never heard.
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ClaudieClaudieComment
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Wise words as always Claudie. However may I suggest, in addition to your reasons above, that all to often the lieder singers lack the taste and good judgement to include more Beethoven songs in their programmes? I'll stick a few songs for the page. Whilst on this subject I only today got my hands of a big Beethoven rareity on CD - the piano sonata for 4 hands op6. I'll put a track from that also. I'd like to offer the Great Fugue for 4 hands also, which is excellent but is much too long - the MP3 file would be too big.Originally posted by Claudie MICAULT:
Der Kuss ? Obscene ??? That is new ! And you are right ROD : B. is nore the father of the lied than SCHUBERT... He wrote a lot of lieder really interesting to hear and to sing. The real trouble is that there are more difficult to sing than Schubert technically and few singers put them in their repertoires. The other reason is also that Beethoven is so well known for his piano and orchestra musica than people forget a lot of his other music !
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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod CorkinComment
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Originally posted by Rod:
Trouble is that B wrote a lot of excellent songs that are never heard.
your telling me about it. *high fives*
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