Tag Archives: Ludwig van Beethoven

Music as Metaphor

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

Assertions on the nature of music 1. Music is an absolute, existing outside of Man, along with all the other abstractions assigned by him to The Great Everything (TGE) which is too vast and impenetrable to be truly known—except, perhaps, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 'Physics as Metaphor', 'The Nature of Music', absolute music, Arthur Schopenhauer, Betty Kingsley Hawkins, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maureen McCarthy Draper, program music, Roger S. Jones | Leave a comment

From Orwell to Miller to Strindberg: A Journey Ending with Beethoven on a Wall

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Ron Pavellas

Someone told me the essays of George Orwell are among the best in this form of writing. So I bought a book containing his major essays, but hadn’t read them with my full attention until recently. The foreword in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Literature | Tagged 1984, Anaïs Nin, August Strindberg, George Orwell, Henry Miller, Jonathon Swift, Ludwig van Beethoven, O. Henry, Spanish Civil War, Strindberg Museum, Wolfgang von Goethe | 15 Comments

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