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In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, act V, scene 1, we find this exchange between the two young lovers:
JESSICA: I am never merry when I hear sweet music
LORENZO: The reason is, your spirits are attentive
The opening of the finale of Beethoven' s 'Emperor' Concerto provides a splendid example of the kind of theme that is the inspiration for this book. A completely unified theme that hangs together beautifully, it nevertheless portrays vividly a series of contrasting sentiments in a succession that amounts to a small narrative ... (en) |
