Re: An Equal Music and Beethoven String Quintet.

J. Teske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [snip] The op 104 is actually a reworking of
> the Piano Trio in C minor Op 1 no. 3.  I have played one of these
> quintets.  They are argueably among the worst things Beethoven ever
> did.  I think the whole point of mentioning them in the book was that
> the protagonist would go to nearly any length to satify his musical
> curiosity. Of course, if the protagonist had had a chance to read the
> program notes included from the Supraphon recording (that is my source
> for the above information) he might have passed up buying the
> recording...but then he wouldn't have taken the bus trip crucial to
> the story.

That's why he was so fascinated by it - the piano trio was one he had
often played with Julia in Vienna and it was her favourite Beethoven
trio.

My musical knowledge is not sufficient to comment on its merits, but
it is a central feature of the story.  Although they never actually
get to play it.

Liz D