Peter Wisse wrote:

>My remark of hating Beethoven was, although I mean it seriously, primarely
>intended to find out of more people share my view, there were some, to my
>surprise, mine is apparently not a "vox clamantis in deserto".  What struck
>me really, was that many contributors thought, that my aversion can be
>cured by a Beethoven Diet, be it symphonies or chamber music.  Let me tell
>you, that I am going to concerts for over 40 years already, and that I have
>In my concert going years I must have heard the Emperor, the Pastorale, the
>violin concerto and the Fifth at least five or six times.  That is another
>cause of my aversion (or hate), Beethovens domination of the concert
>programs.  There are more beautiful symphonies.

Could the problem with Beethoven be that "there are just too many notes
and there is a limit as to how many notes can be heard in the course of
an evening by the human ear" (quoted as closely as I can recall).

Norman Schwartz
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