tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1356554541148503277..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Beth played the old Scotch airs, and played at the Fifth Symphony - Charles Ives and Beth play the piano Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24834769319403464522013-01-13T22:01:05.997-06:002013-01-13T22:01:05.997-06:00The only explicit mentions of Beethoven in the nov...The only explicit mentions of Beethoven in the novels are the ones Bellezza mentions. Beethoven as a source of angsty comedy. Ives turns Beth into Ives.<br /><br />So, nicole, the book will just sit on the shelf, quietly reproaching you: sensation fiction is immoral, forgive your bratty little sister, enjoy house-cleaning.<br /><br />Which reminds me, I should write something about <i>Lady Audley's Secret</i> sometime.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-20207659114069640302013-01-13T20:16:25.033-06:002013-01-13T20:16:25.033-06:00I too must thank you for the week's work, thou...I too must thank you for the week's work, though for once (it really is that unusual) you have affirmed my plans not to re-read <em>Little Women</em>—at least, not for a long time. nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532641082944082516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-46292854033684324382013-01-13T19:47:30.819-06:002013-01-13T19:47:30.819-06:00How about Laurie, when 'thwarted' by Jo...<br />How about Laurie, when 'thwarted' by Jo's love, playing Beethovan's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4G3KRAuXc" rel="nofollow">Sonata Pathetique</a> with fury? I love playing it just that way; it seems the perfect piece for anger. If one isn't as much like Beth as one wishes to be.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3631647859308459572013-01-13T15:29:44.516-06:002013-01-13T15:29:44.516-06:00School chum, no kidding!
I first read Gann on Ive...School chum, no kidding!<br /><br />I first read Gann on Ives and the <i>Concord Sonata</i> at least twenty years ago.<br /><br />Gann's piece is excellent, but here is a summary: take what Ives says about that piano or Beth playing Beethoven as a fiction.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-73629840148753726332013-01-13T09:53:22.318-06:002013-01-13T09:53:22.318-06:00My old school chum Kyle Gann is writing a book abo...My old school chum Kyle Gann is writing a book about the Concord Sonata, and has a post about Elizabeth Alcott's piano that I suspect you'll enjoy:<br />http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2012/09/the-elusive-spinet-piano-of-lizzy-alcott.html Doug Skinnerhttp://www.dougskinner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-57503206933665909102013-01-12T16:54:28.430-06:002013-01-12T16:54:28.430-06:00My pleasure entirely, Kevin. Little Women is a go...My pleasure entirely, Kevin. <i>Little Women</i> is a good book for thinkin'. It is a over on the second-rate side - and <i>Second Part</i> heads toward third-rate - but it is worth knowing.<br /><br />And of course the Ives <i>Concord Sonata</i> is a dang masterpiece.<br /><br />Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51580178515548196612013-01-12T11:54:24.012-06:002013-01-12T11:54:24.012-06:00What a treat that was. Little Women is seeming mor...What a treat that was. <i>Little Women</i> is seeming more and more promising with each of your posts.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-27257733790417481702013-01-12T11:08:09.246-06:002013-01-12T11:08:09.246-06:00Thanks for this week's labor of love.Thanks for this week's labor of love. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com