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Sam Iglesias
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There’s a story I love about Wittgenstein listening to Beethoven’s op. 131 string quartet in Cambridge. I think it’s about this moment from the last movement. (Shown orchestrated because I love Bernstein’s conducting here so much). The story goes: (1/n)
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Sam Iglesias
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“I once put on”, King writes, “Beethoven’s Quartet in C sharp minor, op. 131. ... [Wittgenstein] was rapt in his attention and most excited at the end of the playing. He jumped up as if something had suddenly struck him and said, ‘How easy it is to think that you understand what Beethoven is saying’ (2/n)
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Sam Iglesias
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(and here he seized a pencil and a piece of paper) ‘how you think you have understood the projection’ (and he drew two-thirds of a circle) ‘and then suddenly’ (and here he added a bulge) you realize that you haven’t understood anything at all’.” (3/n)
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I think it’s to do with the sudden mood shift: pleading, tragedy, and anguish, and then, out of nowhere, Beethoven resolves and goes, fuck it, I’m going to come back from this. Just a total 90 degree turn. Incredible. Written when stone deaf, 7 continuous moments, a masterpiece. (4/n) https://sptfy.com/QCgP
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Sam Iglesias
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APM: (5/n, n = 5) https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/695514767?l=en-US
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Muqader12345
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Awesome
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