Playing Beethoven again reminds me that the brilliance of classical composers transcends time. Ludwig must have been a rock star of sorts in his time. Playing his music is like tracing the paths of someone's mind in his or her poetry.
As much as it makes my brain hurt, learning to identify the lexicon of music is helping me understand the language as a language.
And the love behind the simple songs, Fur Elise. Moonlight Sonata. Beethoven wrote beautiful music that music lovers could actually play with limited skills.
And that the music that is worth writing down and passing on is music that no one else could have written, even though we may understand why it is beautiful after it is written.
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