Second-to-last batch!
– great intro, I’m hooked!
– interesting distinctions
– yes, he was synesthetic too I believe
– wow
– kind of like Wagner’s whole Gesamtkunstwerk deal
– when?
– yeah!
– confusing! History by definition looks to the past
– citation?
– ?
– well, you don’t have to pay for influences, just actual covers. It’s true this can be murky
– exciting!
– confusing–bowed down to, or do you mean faced down?
– like what
– from where? surely rumors aren’t still flying–these must be scholarly “theories” right?
– the unanswered question, for sure
– confusing. Is the piece subversive or not? You seem to say both
– wait, what?
– maybe “Jews were officially so out of favor”?
– what do you mean
– disability?
– good point: you can support communism without loving Stalin
– vague! confusing!
– I’m confused by your chronology, was the rumor from 1966 or 1969 or what
– wait so it WASN’T his car that crashed?
– Ha ha! I love that
– was it? You haven’t established this
– This whole thing is so hilarious. Fans are crazy
– good point
– single-space block quotes
– bold claim!
– well, obviously, right? Or….actually I’m not sure what you’re saying here.
– the story of the myth?
– Bob Dylan’s last name!
– rephrase
– dangling modifier. He died with it in his mind? YOU died with it in YOUR mind?
– good analogy
– :(
– God, that Broomfield doc is so bizarre
– the boyfriend?
– Elliot Smith, another good example
– This paragraph is confusing. Are there people who argue that he wasn’t depressed? Seems unlikely
– Plus he felt like a loser
– rephrase this quote in your own words–this is just info
– and how intentionally UGLY it is!
– and now videogames
– good quote
– Yes! I love this controversy
– evocative!!!!!
– so crazy
– this is a great interpretive direction to take
– wow
– it does seem like culture clash–such a peculiarly American thing to get mad about
– yes! good
– cite where this is coming from
– cite!
– Think you mean 1771
– Yeah! “Amadeus” really has to reach to find that motive. Highly dubious
– Mozart and pork chops! Amazing
– gross
– He didn’t write the words though. Requiem text was a thousand years old at this point, or at least several hundred, I forget
– the way the 18th century dealt with epidemics and mass burials is so intense
– lovely
– so romantic!
– MIXTAPE
– quote-within-quote is confusing, rework
– intriguing
– Yes! Also she is interested in the fact that we already assume so much re: gender/sexuality in music, esp. with Beethoven
– good! intimate friendships don’t necessarily equal homosexuality
– comedy is also VERY hard for scholars
– great hook! Melodrama!
– awk
– any idea why?
– this quote is just info–rephrase in your own words
– ditto
– good speculation
– weird sentence
– I just remembered it wrong!
– nice take on this
– why does lack of biography make his musicianship an enigma?
– why mysterious?? Isn’t this just a regular Christian belief
– Blues guys have the best names
– confusing prose. Sometimes you’re separating racism and communism as reception issues, but here you’re conflating them
– “widower” is for men!
– fascinating
– who?
– describe his behavior BEFORE diagnosing it
– great description of Beethoven
– ok but you opened by talking about social dysfunction, so now I’m confused re: what this is all adding up to
– ugh
– Poor Beethoven
– Perhaps too grand! There haven’t been “bands” for all that long
– introduce quote
– long quote for such a short paper…
– without THE BAND even releasing a single FROM THE ALBUM or something
– ha ha
– ??
