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Tolstoy on Music.

19-Mar-10

http://smragan.com/tag/reptiles/ “They played Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata,” he continued.  “Do you know the first presto?  You do?” he cried.  “Ugh!  Ugh!  It is a terrible thing, that sonata.  And especially that part.  And in general music is a dreadful thing.  What is it?  I don’t understand it.  What is music?  What does it do?  And why does […]