Credo Buffa wrote:As I bask in the glory of the Minnesota Orchestra's newly-released recording of Beethoven's 3rd and 8th, I can't help but lament how unfortunate it is that Keats didn't live to hear the 9th Symphony (not to mention the other great Romantic works of the 19th century).
Although, I also wonder how many other works of Beethoven he would have had the opportunity to hear. Despite my musical background, I confess I know little about the disbursement of music in Europe in Keats's time. I know that many people only were able to hear Beethoven's symphonies in piano transcription--thanks to Franz Liszt--but these did not appear until many years after Keats's death. Perhaps Keats lived his whole life, while overlapping with Beethoven's, without ever hearing one of his symphonies.![]()
Credo Buffa wrote:As I bask in the glory of the Minnesota Orchestra's newly-released recording of Beethoven's 3rd and 8th, I can't help but lament how unfortunate it is that Keats didn't live to hear the 9th Symphony (not to mention the other great Romantic works of the 19th century).
dks wrote:
Oh...I don't think there is any other classical piece that moves me quite like Beethoven's 9th--I can feel his passion when I hear it...it moves me inexplicably.![]()
Nightingale27 wrote:I agree that Schubert's music does remind of Keat's poems. I was reading some poetry while listening to one of Schubert's Impromtus. The combination of the music and Keat's words was amazing! I also like listening to some Nocturnes by Chopin and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata when I read Keats.
I think we tend to forget that Keats had a lot of anger in him. . .some of Beethoven's music connects with Keats's angry side, I think.
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