story of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata - Rachel Barton Pine
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you left out the best part.... that the mysterious girl they were fighting over was actually a whore! yes a prostitute who preferred the company of this violinist over beethovens .... gasp
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Thanks for this fascinating story. It blows me away that Bridgetower apparently sight-read the sonata before an audience and did it so well that he was wildly applauded.
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Pretty woman and great musician!!
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fankz i found dat interesting
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Dear Ms. Pine
Did you perform the entire sonata this evening? I can't imagine playing that naked opening after schmoozing with the audience for 4 minutes. Regardless, the story brings humanity to Beethoven and removes him from a pedestal--at least momentarily.
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Dearest Rachel, thank you for the story, it's so fun :-))
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thankyou for the info i checked it out and made a little imperical acount of what really happened...enjoy!
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thankyou for the info i checked it out and made a little imperical acount of what really happened...enjoy!
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Yes, I did perform the entire sonata that evening, but I thought the second movement was particularly up to my YouTube standard :)
RachelBartonPine 2 years ago
why do you have two people sitting at the piano?
YOUNGBEATCIC 4 years ago
The pianist and the page turner! (With a sonata like this, the pianist would have to drop lots of notes if he turned his own pages.)
RachelBartonPine 4 years ago