Ramon Amira -> RE: Segovia and flamenco (Mar. 28 2013 12:47:59)
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quote: And I will reiterate that a statement by a composer to the effect that he is writing a piece of music that he intends to be unplayable is preposterous. If you don’t think so, please be my guest for dinner. I know a great chef who has stated that he cooks meals that he intends to be uneatable. When Schuppanzigh, the violinist who headed the quartet that premiered Beethoven's works, complained to Beethoven that the first violin parts of one of Beethoven's quartets were too difficult to play and impossible technically, Beethoven just said to him: Damn your fiddle, when I am working a melody I can't be bothered by the shortcomings of the violin. So I guess Beethoven was preposterous. Sorry, your logic is faulty, and so is your Beethoven analogy. If Beethoven in fact said what you quote, then he said he was writing a piece of music the way he heard it in his head, and if it should turn out to be difficult or even unplayable on the violin then that’s too bad etc. In other words he felt he had to write the music the way he felt it etc. But he never said that he deliberately INTENDED it to be unplayable. That’s a totally different statement – one that would be . . . er . . . preposterous. Ramon
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