Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven, As Revealed in His Own Words

  • ninuca beyhas quoted5 years ago
    regards me, great heavens! my dominion is in the air; the tones whirl like the wind, and often there is a like whirl in my soul.”
  • ninuca beyhas quoted5 years ago
    O God! send your glance into beautiful nature and comfort your moody thoughts touching that which must be.”
  • ninuca beyhas quoted5 years ago
    Many assert that every minor piece must end in the minor. Nego! On the contrary I find that in the soft scales the major third at the close has a glorious and uncommonly quieting effect. Joy follows sorrow, sunshine—rain. It affects me as if I were looking up to the silvery glistering of the evening star.”
  • ninuca beyhas quoted5 years ago
    How happy I am to be able to wander among bushes and herbs, under trees and over rocks; no man can love the country as I love it. Woods, trees and rocks send back the echo that man desires.”
  • JN Lafonhas quoted8 years ago
    6. "Truth exists for the wise; beauty for the susceptible heart. They belong together--are complementary."
    (Written in the autograph book of his friend, Lenz von Breuning, in 1797.)
  • Ronald Borgtshas quoted9 years ago
    "Pure church music ought to be performed by voices only, except a 'Gloria,' or some similar text. For this reason I prefer Palestrina; but it is folly to imitate him without having his genius and religious views; it would be difficult, if not impossible, too, for the singers of today to sing his long notes in a sustained and pure manner."
    (To Freudenberg, in 1824.)
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