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Questions please.
Q: [no reply]
C: You see, in the whole philosophical generation (I cannot
speak about the States) there is not one who will find out
what it is. We all talk about spirit. "You should think in the
spirit of Washington." "You are a man without spirit." "A
performer who sticks the visible aspect of music is not in
the spirit of Beethoven." What is spirit, finally?
Q: Is that necessary?
C: No, it's not necessary. I contend that people have never
performed the 9th of Beethoven yet, and I'm going to prove
that to you with the score. Are you content with that? Are
you content that an idiot like Toscanini ruled sixty years
long above everybody else? I am not. I am not content that
the world has not discovered that music is not an
amusement or a source of joy or satisfaction. It is much
higher than that.
Q: Rather than say "no," say what the positive things are
that you want in order to get your ...