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William Strother <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>William Copper wrote:
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>>Beethoven's better symphonies DO rise to the top, ...
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>I wouldn't presume to distinguish Beethoven's 'better' symphonies from the
>others (lesser??).
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>Maybe Beethoven could have done it, but maybe not.
I dimly recall reading, _many_ years ago, an anecdote in which Beethoven
was asked which of his symphonies was his favorite. B replied that it was
the Eroica, to which the questioner replied that he would have guessed B
would have chosen the fifth, instead. I don't recall B's response to this
follow-up, and I've long since forgotten the source. Perhaps another list
member can flesh out or debunk this one?
Cheers,
Mike Smith
Boulder, Colorado
(last listening: Miaskovsky Sym. 19, Gould/Chicago SO)
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