. Programme. eans already understood? Many composers havewished to take advantage of the same means; and what result didthey obtain comparable to this gigantic chant of victory in whichthe soul of the poet-musician, henceforth free from earthly shacklesterrestrial sulferings, seems to mount radiantly towards heaven?The first four measures of the theme, it is true, are not highlyoriginal; but the forms of a fanfare are inherently restricted, andI do not think it possible to find new forms without departingutterly from the simple, grand, pompous character which is becom-ing. Beethoven wished onl
. Programme. eans already understood? Many composers havewished to take advantage of the same means; and what result didthey obtain comparable to this gigantic chant of victory in whichthe soul of the poet-musician, henceforth free from earthly shacklesterrestrial sulferings, seems to mount radiantly towards heaven?The first four measures of the theme, it is true, are not highlyoriginal; but the forms of a fanfare are inherently restricted, andI do not think it possible to find new forms without departingutterly from the simple, grand, pompous character which is becom-ing. Beethoven wished only an entrance of the fanfare for thebeginning of his finale, and he quickly found in the rest of themovement and even in the conclusion of the chief theme that lofti-ness and originality of style which never forsook him. And thismay be said in answer to the reproach of not having increased theinterest to the very end; music, in the state known at least to us, AW lMT(?OPUCTIOr^ LEADS TO EUERLASTIMC5 FPIENDSHIP. Chocolates (two grades) m SALE AT THE BETTER STORES
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