after Bach studied his works and learned from them, but no one succeeded, as Mozart and Beethoven... more after Bach studied his works and learned from them, but no one succeeded, as Mozart and Beethoven did, in grasping and further developing Bach’s science of composition in such a way, that something entirely new emerged, again pointing into the future. Ludwig van Beethoven had been familiar with Bach’s art of composition since his early youth. In 1783, an article appeared in Cramers Magazin der Musik, which stated that young Beethoven “could become a second Mozart.” The proof of his extraordinary talent was: “He plays most of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Sebastian Bach, which Mr. Neefe has placed in his hands. Anyone who knows this collection of preludes and fugues (which one could almost call the nec plus ultra) will know what that means . . ..” In 1783, The Well-Tempered Clavier existed only in private or commercial manuscripts; the first printed editions were published, first in 1799 in England, and in 1800-01 in Leipzig-Vienna, Bonn, and Zurich. Beethoven’s teacher Christian Gott...
after Bach studied his works and learned from them, but no one succeeded, as Mozart and Beethoven... more after Bach studied his works and learned from them, but no one succeeded, as Mozart and Beethoven did, in grasping and further developing Bach’s science of composition in such a way, that something entirely new emerged, again pointing into the future. Ludwig van Beethoven had been familiar with Bach’s art of composition since his early youth. In 1783, an article appeared in Cramers Magazin der Musik, which stated that young Beethoven “could become a second Mozart.” The proof of his extraordinary talent was: “He plays most of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Sebastian Bach, which Mr. Neefe has placed in his hands. Anyone who knows this collection of preludes and fugues (which one could almost call the nec plus ultra) will know what that means . . ..” In 1783, The Well-Tempered Clavier existed only in private or commercial manuscripts; the first printed editions were published, first in 1799 in England, and in 1800-01 in Leipzig-Vienna, Bonn, and Zurich. Beethoven’s teacher Christian Gott...
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