By all accounts //he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one,//and
I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, //let alone the
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Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity
//andthen abruptlyfollowing it with a sudden soft passage //was only rarely used
b...
Especially significant was his view of freedom, //which, for him, was
associated with therights and responsibilities of the individual: //he advocated
f...