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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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„I will hear in heaven!“
„To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable“
„Not “brook” [in German: Bach], but “sea” should he [Johann Sebastian Bach] be called because of his infinite, inexhaustible richness in tone combinations and harmonies.“
„Must it be? It must be.“
„I met [Meyerbeer] at the performance of my “Battle.” Most of the composers then in Vienna were kind enough to undertake something or other in my orchestra, and the young man played the big drum. Ha! ha! ha! (a peal of laughter). I had reason not to be very well satisfied with him. He was always behindhand, and I had to give it him roundly. (New peal of laughter.) He must have felt mortified by my observations; but there is no reliance to be placed in him; he has not the courage to raise his arm at the proper moment.“
„There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is, one must be half a tradesman.“
„One clashes with stupidity of all kinds. And then how much money must be spent in advance! The way in which artists are treated is really scandalous. I am compelled to give a third of my receipts to the manager of the theatre and a fifth to the hospitals. Devil take them! As long as these abuses exist, I shall always ask whether music is or is not an art that may be freely exercised. Believe me, there is nothing to be done for artists in times like these.“
„Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?“
„Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.“
„It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.“
„Love demands all, and has a right to all.“
„Oh continue to love me -never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.ever thineever mineever ours“
„To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.“
„What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.“
„The day-to-day exhausted me!“
„Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.“
„A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.“
„It is a recognised fact that the greatest composers were likewise the greatest virtuosos; but did they play like the pianists of the present day, who run up and down the keyboard with passages studied beforehand? Pooh! pooh! pooh! Don’t tell me! A real virtuoso, when extemporising, plays pieces which hold together and possess a form. Were the ideas in them fixed instantly on paper, they would be taken for pieces written at leisure. That is what I call playing the piano; everything else is a bad joke.“
„Said on his deathbed, 1827, as cited from the book Last Words.“
„I want to seize fate by the throat.“
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