Emily L. Ferguson writes concerning Beethoven:

>But his inability to end things gets stale real fast for me.

Sounds like Mozart wasn't the only composer who wrote too many notes.

Seriously, I love Beethoven's late works where we find him at his most
creative and profound.  Also, his early and middle period music isn't
shabby either.  Did he write any "clunkers"?  Perhaps, but I don't see
any point in dwelling on a minute percentage of his compositions.  By
the way, I think that his Choral Fantasy is great stuff that excites me
every time I play it.

Don Satz
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Emily L. Ferguson hat geschrieben,

>Often I think performers clobber the music out of empathy for Beethoven's
>inability to hear it.

Amusing thought.

>But his inability to end things gets stale real fast for me.

Yeah, like that Tenth Symphony of his. Tsk.

Rick Mabry
Shreveport