Three days, to be exact. Three more days. But I don't seem to care.
Bleargh, I AM not caring.
There will be consequences of course, but then again...it's only 10%.
Spent my mealtimes reading "Source Readings In Music History selected and annotated by Oliver Strunk--The Romantic Era". Spent most of my focus on it too. Not much left for Chem or stuff.
Got to know this guy--Jean Paul who does not write about music but most accurately captures the essence of romantic music. He talks about how Romanticism differs in the North and the South, of Europe that is. And he (and many other romanticists) claims that Romanticism came with Christianity. Many good descriptions in there, really good statements like "The one and only Mary ennobles every woman; hence, while a Venus can only be beautiful, a Madonna can be romantic."
There's another guy, Wackenroder, who eulogises a musician called Joseph Berglinger, one who was perhaps made to appreciate but perhaps not create music. Maybe a lil' like me, made to stand on the sidelines, no matter how in love we are with whatever it is. Knowing full well that if we join in, we'll mess it up...Worse...his father wanted him to be a doctor....Creepers,,,,what are the odds...
Then Hoffman, who is completely in love with Beethoven. He even received a letter from Beethoven (who was absolutely flattered, of course.. ) More of his to come...So much more to read.....Sighs...Very good writers these people..Though it's a mite odd to read lines like "How deeply thy magnificent compositions for the piano...how shallow and insignificant now all seems that is not thine" "With what joy I received thy seventieth work, the two glorious trios..." A lil' too much of the worship-style for comfort, but hey, the guy was ecstatic.
Back to work.
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