The •best• listener’s guide I’ve ever seen! Thank you!!! Most music appreciation textbooks only teach the 5th symphony (as, no doubt, you know well), but the 6th shows a rarely discussed side of LvB’s art that deserves to be better known. Bravo!
Belated thanks, Robert, for your July 26 words of praise. Yes indeed, the epic and heroic tropes in Beethoven have all too often been stressed to the exclusion of so much else.
It would be good to know more about your own musical pursuits, including conducting.
Many thanks, Jena; the pleasure is mine.
Josh
The •best• listener’s guide I’ve ever seen! Thank you!!! Most music appreciation textbooks only teach the 5th symphony (as, no doubt, you know well), but the 6th shows a rarely discussed side of LvB’s art that deserves to be better known. Bravo!
Belated thanks, Robert, for your July 26 words of praise. Yes indeed, the epic and heroic tropes in Beethoven have all too often been stressed to the exclusion of so much else.
It would be good to know more about your own musical pursuits, including conducting.
I enjoyed this a lot, Josh. I learned a lot about Beethoven and loved the examples you shared of the "Pastoral." Thank you.