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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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In Reply to: Beethoven's metronome markings: subtract 12 posted by DrChaos on December 9, 2021 at 10:14:47:
"Even after the metronome was invented, composers such as Brahms or Mendelssohn disregarded it...as useless, arguing that any musician should be able to infer the "correct tempo" for any piece." (NOTE: I cleaned up the sloppy original sentence a bit without changing the substance)
In other words, my personal preference regarding interpretation places it in the hands of the performing artist -- as long as they don't mess up the musical argument. This is what allows Gould to do his Goldbergs, and Celibidache to do his Bruckner. It grants profundity to late Giulini recordings, rather than some sort of weakness. It allows the same piece (such as a Prokofiev piano sonata) to be played both/either as poetry or as bombast...all the while remaining relevant and on point.
I'll say this -- if nothing else, the metronome debate specifically in terms of Beethoven is interesting, not likely to be resolved and, at once, irrelevant to the greatness of the music or range of interpretations we have on record.
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Follow Ups
- My support goes to the following statement contained within the article... - SE 12/10/2113:34:07 12/10/21 (3)
- Did Beethoven ever say WHY he liked the metronome ? - peppy m. 16:16:31 12/10/21 (2)
- Clearly, it wasn't useless to Beethoven... - SE 03:48:05 12/11/21 (1)
- Visual compensation for hearing loss ? I was thinking the same. (nt - peppy m. 07:36:46 12/11/21 (0)
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