or "I couldn't possibly think of what to compose now, so I think I'll open a pizza parlour."
But not all composers felt like this, and it's these brave adventurous souls we're going to look at in the next chapter.
Urgent News Flash! Beethoven A Modster!
It's true! It's not a typo! I don't mean MONSTER! BEETHOVEN WAS A "MODERN" COMPOSER!
Before you say or do anything else, such as
a) say Tsk, Tsk or Pshaw!
b) slam the book shut and go for cappucchino
c) write letters of protest to my publisher
d) speak ill of me at intermission
GO DIRECTLY AND LISTEN TO THE GROSSE FUGE Op. 131 the last (alas unfinished) string quartet that Beethoven wrote, in 1826 just before his death in 1826.
GO ON! I'M NOT WRITING ANOTHER WORD UNTIL YOU'VE LISTENED TO IT!
