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Peter Huggins
Beethoven's Hat In this version of the story,Beethoven meets the Empress and her family Near the Teplitz spa. Instead of moving aside and taking off His hat, as Goethe supposedly did, Beethoven strides Down the avenue and forces The Empress to yield, to address him With the respect his genius demands. The drums beat in this version: The trumpets blow and the cymbals crash. That must be why V.I. Lenin Admired Beethoven's Appassionata so much: He heard the music of the revolution, Responded absolutely, and played Russia His variations on the truth. I doubt the hat. I doubt whether Beethoven Would confine himself to a hat. A hat's too restrictive, like the symphony Whose boundaries Beethoven expanded To push the music outward, out there, Toward the pure tones of joy I listen to and praise.
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