| | | | | | or "I couldn't possibly think of what to compose now, so I think I'll open a pizza parlour." | | | | | | | | | But not all composers felt like this, and it's these brave adventurous souls we're going to look at in the next chapter. | | | | | | | | | Urgent News Flash! Beethoven A Modster! | | | | | | | | | It's true! It's not a typo! I don't mean MONSTER! BEETHOVEN WAS A "MODERN" COMPOSER! | | | | | | | | | Before you say or do anything else, such as | | | | | | | | | a) say Tsk, Tsk or Pshaw! | | | | | | | | | b) slam the book shut and go for cappucchino | | | | | | | | | c) write letters of protest to my publisher | | | | | | | | | d) speak ill of me at intermission | | | | | | | | | GO DIRECTLY AND LISTEN TO THE GROSSE FUGE Op. 131 the last (alas unfinished) string quartet that Beethoven wrote, in 1826 just before his death in 1826. | | | | | | | | | GO ON! I'M NOT WRITING ANOTHER WORD UNTIL YOU'VE LISTENED TO IT! | | | | |