It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? Let’s take a minute and unwind with some of the finest music ever created: Beethoven’s late string quartets.
As the story goes, Italian violinist Felix Radicati complained that Beethoven’s Opus 59 Quartets were “not music.” I know, how dare he. Ever composed, Beethoven responded: “Oh, they are not for you, but for a later age.”
While Beethoven’s avant-garde compositons went over the heads of his contemporaries, they are nothing but celebrated today. Limelight Magazine explores just what it is about these quartets that inspire people to listen, and listen, and listen again.
Have a listen yourself, and enjoy the end of your week on a high note.
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