it's about mozart

I like geniuses.


and if you want to play piano music written by a genius -
a true genius - ya gotta play Mozart.


Ever read through his Sonata in D M (KV 284)?

I just did but only got to the Theme and Variations mvt.


But let me tell ya folks.  This guy really was a genius.  He must have been
so smart - about music - that he was way over the top - I mean f*ing nuts.
That Sonata is so great - at least the part I have worked on so far - and
next I'm going to check out the Theme and Variations.

I can hardly wait.

I really think I have found a soulmate in Mozart because although I have never
heard or read that Mozart showed any symptoms of being bipolar this Sonata - I
assure you - does.  Talk about highs and lows - from measure to measure Mozart
goes from forte to piano and back again without warning.


And it's really hard.
~~

So here is my ranking of the Big 4.

Not in ability - mind you - or even in how beloved their music is  - because that
is up to the individual performer or listener.

But here I would like to give my assessment of how I - stidh - feel about these
four Master Composers and how they have impacted my life - and will continue
to do so:


Bach

~the father of music

~you can't touch him - either about his music or his personal life


Beethoven

~the master of Passion and Suffering

~his place in Music is forever sealed by his Struggles~his Passion~his High Moral Standards


Chopin

~sure he only composed for piano - but look at what he gave us

~he loved a woman with a man's name

~and what I like about him most is that George Sand said that 'he lived
on a different Planet'


Mozart

~the true Genius

~according to all reports he lived his short life in a frenzy

~his music is so wonderful - kind of like from undeterminable origins
~~~

This is it for music folks.
 

Sure - there are Others.


But these are the Big 4.






and that is all we need - to last us an Eternity