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1、贝多芬百年祭段意_贝多芬百年祭原文Beethoven"sCentenaryAhundredyearsagoacrustyoldbacheloroffifty-seven,sodeafthathecouldnothearhisownmusicplayedbyafullorchestra,yetstillabletohearthunder,shookhisfistattheroaringheavensforthelasttime,anddiedashehadlived,challengingGodanddef
2、yingtheuniverse.HewasDefianceIncarnate:hecouldnotevenmeetaGrandDukeandhiscourtinthestreetwithoutjamminghishattightdownonhisheadandstridingthroughtheverymiddleofthem.Hehadthemannersofadisobligingsteamroller(moststeamrollersareabjectlyobligingandconciliator
3、y);andhewasratherlessparticularabouthisdressthanascarecrow:infacthewasoncearrestedasatrampbecausethepolicerefusedtobelievethatsuchatatterdemalioncouldbeafamouscomposer,muchlessatempleofthemostturbulentspiritthateverfoundexpressioninpuresound.Itwasindeedam
4、ightyspirit;bitifIhadwrittenthemightiest,whichwouldmeanmightierthanthespiritofHandel,Beethovenhimselfwouldhaverebukedme;andwhatmortalmancouldpretendtoaspiritmightierthanBach"s?ButthatBeethoven"sspiritwasthemostturbulentisbeyondallquestion.Theimpetuousfury
5、ofhisstrength,whichhecouldquiteeasilycontainandcontrol,butoftenwouldnot,andtheuproariousnessofhisfun,gobeyondanythingofthekindtobefoundintheworksofothercomposers.Greenhornswriteofsyncopationnowasifitwereanewwayofgivingtheutmostimpetustoamusicalmeasure;but
6、therowdiestjazzsoundsliketheMaiden"sPrayerafterBeethoven"sthirdLeonoraoverture;andcertainlynonegrocorobberythatIeverheardcouldinspiretheblackestdancerwithsuchdiableaucorpsasthelastmovementoftheSeventhSymphony.Andnoothercomposerhasevermeltedhishearersintoc
7、ompletesentimentalitybythetenderbeautyofhismusic,andthensuddenlyturnedonthemandmockedthemwithderisivetrumpetblastsforbeingsuchfools.NobodybutBeethovencouldgovernBeethoven;andwhen,ashappenedwhenthefitwsonhim,hedeliberatelyrefusedtogovernhimself,hewasungove
8、rnable.Itwasthisturbulence,thisdeliberatedisorder,thismockery,thisrecklessandtriumphantdisregardofconventionalmanners,thatsetBeethovenapartfromthemusicalgeniusesoftheceremoniousseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies.Hewa
