In Reply to: Quite the contrary.... posted by C.B. on December 16, 2011 at 11:47:27:
My own experience was that it took me many years to "get" the Missa Solemnis and to respond to it emotionally. My first experience with the work was almost like the OP's. And this wasn't a general problem with late Beethoven either - just the Missa Solemnis. I can't explain what really turned it around for me.
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- Did you always feel this way? - Chris from Lafayette 13:21:08 12/16/11 (3)
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