ARTIST: Alfred Brendel
TRACK: Piano Sonata In A, Op. 120, D 664 - 2. Andante
ALBUM: Schubert: Piano Sonatas #4 & 13
POSTED September 28, 2013 @ 10:46 WITH 50 notes
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Lewis Carroll, Mrs MacDonald and Children, with Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll, July 1863
As if all mental pictures must be shaped to fit one or two forms! As if each idea did not come into existence with its form ready-made! As if each work of art had not its own meaning and consequently its own form!
- Robert Schumann in response to a critic who hassled him for not writing orthodox sonatas. The punk rocker of the Romantic era.
It must be a sign of talent that I do not give up, though I can get nobody to take an interest in my efforts.
- Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (via postcardsfromtheoryland)
Baking with Kafka by Tom Gauld
After 1842, “Lisztomania” swept across Europe. The reception Liszt enjoyed as a result can be described only as hysterical. Women fought over his silk handkerchiefs and velvet gloves, which they ripped to shreds as souvenirs. Helping fuel this atmosphere was the artist’s mesmeric personality and stage presence. Many witnesses later testified that Liszt’s playing raised the mood of audiences to a level of mystical ecstasy.
ARTIST: Vladimir Ashkenazy
TRACK: Sonata No.1 Op.4 in C Minor - 3. Larghetto
ALBUM: no album
Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.
- Vincent Van Gogh (via dentelle-antique)
POSTED March 27, 2013 @ 22:39 WITH 1,354 notes
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Chopin, nooooo. Don’t ruin my life.