tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post115182777055250295..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: eBay orchestra auction - must it be?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1151962906691353312006-07-03T22:41:00.000+01:002006-07-03T22:41:00.000+01:00Rob you are quite correct. Just as there are alter...Rob you are quite correct. Just as there are alternative finales for the Opus 130 Quartet, so there are alternative versions of the <I>'Es muss sein?</I> story.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes the <I>Grosse Fugue</I> suits in performance, and sometimes it doesn't. <BR/><BR/>This time the 50 florin version of <I>'Es muss sein?</I> suited my financially themed article. And anyway it is just too hot here in the UK to think about darker feelings and the meaning of life.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1151877943948527282006-07-02T23:05:00.000+01:002006-07-02T23:05:00.000+01:00I used to think, "It must be" was about Beethoven'...I used to think, "It must be" was about Beethoven's struggle to come to terms with fate.<BR/><BR/>Of course there may be a double meaning here....apparent flippancy (the fee) might hide darker feelings (lack of a marriage partner).Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023844543481324561noreply@blogger.com