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Thread #173307   Message #4202998
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Shaw
27-May-24 - 09:28 AM
Thread Name: Why do people make music? - NY Times
Subject: RE: Why do people make music? - NY Times
What I mean is that when someone tells me that "they've always been a very spiritual person" I can't argue with that - but I can switch off! When Mozart wrote music he could produce some of his greatest work at speed and was always neat and tidy. Beethoven's manuscripts were often scribbled and stained, virtually illegible with much crossing out and pages ripped out. Yet they must both have been driven by the same passion. Long may it all be a mystery!