Friday, July 6, 2012

Beethoven: Music is a Dreadful Thing

From the movie Immortal Beloved, Beethoven describes music:

"Music is... a dreadful thing. I don't understand it. What does it do? If you hear a marching band is your soul exhalted? No, you march, if you hear a waltz you dance, if you hear a mass you take communion. It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer; the listener has no choice, it is like hypnotism...

Watch the clip here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZlC-7KaZk0

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