On Beethoven's Seventh Symphony: 'What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author compares Beethoven's Seventh Symphony to yaks jumping.
- In plain terms
- He thinks the symphony is chaotic like jumping animals.
- What can you take from it?
- Find humor in musical critiques.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you describe complex music?
- Is humor useful in criticism?
Another view
It reduces a complex symphony to a simple joke.
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